Re: nfs-booting with a null-modem cable ?

To: Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>
Cc: Debian User Mailing List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: nfs-booting with a null-modem cable ?
From: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 27 May 1997 22:51:07 -0500
Message-id: <87raes2r0g.fsf@nevermore.csres.utexas.edu>
In-reply-to: bruce@pixar.com's message of Tue, 27 May 97 20:06 PDT
References: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970526220128.6174E-100000@hermes.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de> <m0wWZ41-00IdTeC@golem.pixar.com>

bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) writes:

> Not nearly so difficult, he can use a floppy drive.  You can load
> the kernel from floppy and have it mount an NFS root.  SysLinux
> would be best for this.

I presume that this will only work if you're using NFS over something
like ethernet (not that nfs would be really tolerable over a 115K PPP
serial port connection anyway).

Thanks
-- 
Rob

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