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<h1>Diskless-HOWTO, Diskless-nfs-root-HOWTO, and LTSP's documentation</h1>
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<li><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:alavoor@yahoo.com">alavoor@yahoo.com</A>, <A HREF="mailto:hans@highrise.nl">hans@highrise.nl</A>, <A HREF="mailto:ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org">ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org</A></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: Diskless-HOWTO, Diskless-nfs-root-HOWTO, and LTSP's documentation</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: Brieuc Jeunhomme <<A HREF="mailto:bbp@via.ecp.fr">bbp@via.ecp.fr</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:43:09 +0200</li>
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Hi. I have recently configured a small network with diskless workstations. What
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I have done slightly differs from what available documentation explains, because
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my stations are equipped with BOOTP-capable network adapters (no need for eproms
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or floppies), and they have recent CPUs and a large amount of memory, so they
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run applications themselves instead of running everything remotely using xdm.
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When I read the existing documentation about network boot, I found many
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things that appeared both in the Diskless-HOWTO and the Diskless-nfs-root-HOWTO.
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On the other hand, some other information I needed was only on the ltsp's site.
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For instance, these two documents both explain how to setup bootpd and nfs, what
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to put in the kernel for clients and/or servers, they also both propose scripts
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to setup things properly using the ltsp's packages.
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I considered writing a mini-howto to explain what I did, but I guess it would be
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better to merge the two existing howtos and add a bootp-capable specific
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section. This new document could have the following parts :
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1) diskless boot advocacy + copyright notice +
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not-responsible-for-the-end-of-the-world-warning ;=P
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2) base principle (simple bootp explanation, nfs-root capabilities of new
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kernels, existing solutions to boot off network like floppies, cdroms, eproms,
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and bootp-nics)
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3) server setup (what to put in the kernel, bootpd, nfsd and tftpd setup)
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4) client setup (what to put in the kernel, mknbi-linux usage, filesystem
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requirements, ...)
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5) floppies based solutions specific part
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6) EPROMS based solutions specific part
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7) cdrom based solutions specific part
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8) bootp-capable nics specific part
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9) sample working setup(s) with the scripts provided by the two existing
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howtos
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I would like to have your opinion about that. I can do part of the merge if a
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volunteer is needed (of course the french translation would come for free :-)
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> Hans de Goede <hans@highrise.nl></li></ul></li>
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<li><strong><a name="03768" href="msg03768.html">Re: Diskless-HOWTO, Diskless-nfs-root-HOWTO, and LTSP's documentation</a></strong>
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