Re: "Dual Booting" linux thin client or windows
On 10/09/2007 08:36 AM, Kent West wrote:
> Sid Arth wrote:
>> Is it possible to "dual boot" into either normal windows (booting from
>> the harddrive) or linux which is stored on the network?
>>
>> I was wondering if there is something where you could pick which OS you
>> want to load, and if you pick the linux one, it will boot off a server
>> on my network.
>
> Once the BIOS finds the PXE server and starts booting from it, I believe
> you can have the PXE serve out whatever you want, such as the startup of
> a Debian boot, or the normally earlier stage of GRUB menu, which would
> give your users the ability to pick-and-choose from a menu which OS they
> want to load.
A while back for the VMWare appliance competition, I created a pxelinux
installer / rescue VM using the same technology and some of the tricks
we use in our production data center installers (it does not have a
debian installer, I know..).
You can set up a short timeout of pxelinux to boot from hard disk by
default, if there is no option chosen from the menu. In the case of
this VM, it waits forever, but if you just hit ENTER, it boots from
disk. Feel free to grab it and rip apart the pxelinux or any other
configurations - thought this might inspire a few PXE ideas.
http://pbandjelly.net/vmware_challenge/
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Kind Regards,
Michael Shuler
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