David Herman wrote:
I was going to suggest the 2 programs you mentioned above (as well as ltsp which seems to be the most ambitious effort), are you saying those won't do it?
http://www.ltsp.org/ claims to be distro agnostic.
Just started the download again - failed at 95% and would not restart from there :) Don't need SUSE at all if it works ;)
What about mknbi, netboot or etherboot, all on the SuSE install disks? http://www.etherboot.org/
That is what is needed if you do not have a 'boot ready' network card. Point you to ltsp for the client stuff :)
That look interesting - nice and compact if it works, but again I think it is designed for older 'bootless' network cards. I have a working download.
PXE should work diskless if you have the ability to use Netboot http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php but I don't know if it works w/SuSE (not included on the disks)
That seems to have more useful info.
bootpc sounds like it may be past its prime but here's some info. http://www.busan.edu/~nic/networking/tcpip/ch09_04.htm
Again this is the download method. Not really got a problem with THAT, I need something to download ;)
I haven't set up a diskless system yet but these are the programs that I was considering trying when I get to it.. From their descriptions it seems that one of these programs should do the job.
I did about 5 minutes of research and came up with the preceeding info ;-(
As I said previously, the mechanisms to download an image are not a problem, the question is more - how do I build a kernel TO download. All the packages I've looked at say copy xxxx and "any kernel or initrd images you want to boot" I think THAT is the area I am having a problem with :) -- Lester Caine ----------------------------- L.S.Caine Electronic Services