Re: tftp boot or non-diskette boot

[email protected] wrote:

>I am currently in process of building quiet large number of systems. I am
>looking for non-diskette booting method or in other words I am looking for
>a method to build Linux system where one doesn't require diskette.
>  
>
If your network cards include support for PXE, you can do it fairly 
easily.   On an RHEL3 or Fedora machine, just run redhat-config-netboot 
(you might have to install it first).

When I do this I put the CD images in a directory exported over NFS and 
extract the "images" directory from the first CD into that same 
directory -- redhat-config-netboot wants this directory.   You need to 
do that *before* you run redhat-config-netboot :-)   The RHEL3 
documentation also tells you what you need to do with DHCP ... so it's a 
good idea to read that or the equivalent stuff for Fedora before you start.

jch