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Per Jessen wrote:
G T Smith wrote:
IIRC the protocol originally was very low level, usually at network card MAC/Arp addressing (and normally non-routable as a consequence). Therefore, a properly configured PXE server config *is* required
Well, in my setup I have no such PXE server, has worked fine without it for a good few years. I have DHCP and TFTP though.
The PXELinux config does have the capability of loading a remote image without the need for a dhcp server. A static temporary TCP/IP address may be used for image transfer. See PXELinux documentation at...
http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX
As I stated before I have used PXE in an environment with no dhcp server with just a default directory defined with no problems.
That's what I use - PXElinux.
I think that should have been "PXE uses BOOTP or DHCP"?
AFAICT (by googling), a PXE server is exactly what I proposed, i.e. a DHCP+TFTP server. I haven't found any downloadable "PXE server" package, only instructions for setting one up - which invariably includes setting up DHCP and TFTP etc. PXE is a software environment (by Intel IIRC) on the client, not a protocol.
Hi, I couldn't get the dhcp server to work yesterday evening after going
On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 14:06 +0100, G T Smith wrote: through the instructions given on the mail list. I did some more google searching and found that I could make a boot floppy for Xubunu that allowed me to install a boot manager. From that boot manager, I could select "boot from cdrom," which I did and was able to install from the dvd drive. That worked for one of the two laptops. The other laptop has an external dvd drive, and even the simple boot manager loaded from floppy disk doesn't recognize it. So I can't boot from the dvd on that computer. I plan on working on the tftp/dhcp boot again on that computer later today when I have some free time. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org