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by **John Wi** » Fri, 23 Apr 1993 06:01:00

RS>>: >>Is it possible in its current form or with few modifications to run
RS>>: >>linux on a diskless workstation?...
RS>
RS>If you have not done so, read up on tftp and bootp, both of which are
RS>sometimes used for retrieving kernels for bootless workstations. On Suns or
RS>DECs or HPs the code exists in the ROM to request a kernel. On PC UNIXes
RS>you should not need to retrieve the kernel if you have already booted from
RS>floppy...
^^^^^^
Diskless, that usually means WITHOUT the floppy!
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by **E.A.Neonak** » Sat, 24 Apr 1993 00:30:48

>RS>>: >>Is it possible in its current form or with few modifications to run
>RS>>: >>linux on a diskless workstation?...
>RS>
>RS>If you have not done so, read up on tftp and bootp, both of which are
>RS>sometimes used for retrieving kernels for bootless workstations. On Suns or
>RS>DECs or HPs the code exists in the ROM to request a kernel. On PC UNIXes
>RS>you should not need to retrieve the kernel if you have already booted from
>RS>floppy...
> ^^^^^^
>Diskless, that usually means WITHOUT the floppy!

Strictly speaking that's correct, yet being able to boot from a floppy, and then
retrieve necessary files from the server would be an extremely interesting (for
me at least) case.
E.A.Neonakis
Heraklion,
Crete,
Hellas.

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