Re: Q: Diskless Workstations (Sarge)

[RalfGesellensetter <rgx@gmx.de>]

Dear Ronny, dear Andreas,

thank you very much for your clarifications...


Am Sonntag 25 Februar 2007 13:18 schrieb Andreas Schockenhoff:
> Better for this configuration tests use only fixed addresses. Use it
> on all server than it is possible to have a poor man fallback dhcp
> config!

I see.
>
> You can use next-server in such sections:  
> host demohost2.intern
> {
>         hardware ethernet    08:00:46:49:60:8d; # Sony Laptop
>         fixed-address           demohost2;
>         next-server               ltspx.intern;
>         filename                    "pxelinux.0";
>         option root-path         "/opt/nr.asc";
> }

Can I still boot that Sony Laptop locally (as an option) and just get my 
IP from DHCP? If I can handle the BIOS boot menu correctly, this should 
work: E.g. either boot local windows or Linux from the Skolelinux net.

Regards
Ralf