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Re: howto setup an install server..



On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 06:01:54PM +0000, DREIER Fr?d?ric wrote:
> I have some sparc5 (~30) to install and I want(need) to setup an install 
> server (like jumpstart). Does anyone know how to do?
> 
> I set rarp, tftpd, nfs-server but when I boot with :
> boot net nfsroot=134.123.432.21:/export/debian
> 
> Linux boot but can't mount fns server. And I don't see any "tries" with 
> tcpdump. Do I use a wrong way? Do I need a special kernel image ? (I tried 
> with tftboot image from cdrom) Is there an Howto?

You need to either setup a bootp server so the machines know their own
IP, gateway, dns, etc....or use the ip=.... boot option along with the
rest of the above.

Ben

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