Re: starting Linux through tftp

["Matthew H. Ray" <matthewhray@yahoo.com>]

--- Regeci Zoltan Csaba <regeczi@iit.uni-miskolc.hu>
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> is it possible to start Linux through a tftp server?
>  I mean not the
> installation program, but the installed Linux
> itself?
> How can I create a tftp image and pass kernel
> arguments to it?
> 
> Please tell me where can I find documentation on
> this.

You will want to look into the Linux Terminal Server
Project (www.ltsp.org) and read the Network Boot and
Exotic Root HOWTO
(http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Network-boot-HOWTO/index.html).
 I'm booting linux boxes with TFTP images on x86, but
I imagine it's gotta be possible for sparc.

Matthew H. Ray

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