Re: netbooting newworld g3s
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 02:13:28PM -0400, David Anthony Hacker wrote:
>
> i have one g3 running debian. i would like to netboot a number of g3s
> hooked up to the server already running. i have read the yaboot/netboot
> how-tos on penguinppc.org but still have some questions:
>
> 1. do i need a native filesystem (i.e. swap, root, etc) on the
> clients?
Yes, the only thing it gets from the server is the kernel and yaboot. But
it might be possible to nfs-mount a root device, with the right kernel. I
seem to remember someone on this list trying that for the prep architecture.
> 2. i need a 'copy of yaboot' of my /tftpboot. is this the yaboot that
> resides on the bootstrap partition?
Yes, but the easier place to get it from is /usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot.
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