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Root over nfs clients & server Howto.
Hans de Goede
hans@highrise.nl
v1.0 30 March 1999
Howto setup a server and configure clients for diskless operation from a network.
1.
Introduction
1.1 Copyright
1.2 Changelog
2.
Basic principle
2.1 Things can't be that simple
3.
Preparing the server
3.1 Building a kernel
3.2 Creating and populating /tftpboot, making symlinks for /tmp etc.
3.3 Exporting the appropriate file systems and setting up bootp
4.
Adding workstations
4.1 Creating a boot disk or bootrom
4.2 Creating a ws dir
4.3 Add entries to /etc/bootptab and /etc/hosts
4.4 Booting the ws for the first time
4.5 Set the ws specific configuration.
5.
Added bonus: booting from cdrom
5.1 Basic Principle
5.2 Creating a test setup.
5.3 Creating the cd
5.4 Boot the cd and test it
6.
Thanks
7.
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