Linux Remote-Boot mini-HOWTO: Configuring Remote-Boot Workstations with Linux, DOS, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT
Marc Vuilleumier Stückelberg, David Clerc
v3.26, February 2000
This document describes how to set up a very robust and secure server-based
configuration for a cluster of PCs, allowing each client to choose
at boot-time which operating system to run. The key of this configuration
is a bootprom-based program, which let the user choose at boot time one of several boot images. This configuration is applicable using
a Bootix TCP/IP Bootprom (add-on for most network cards) or any PXE-compliant Boot ROM (ready-to-use in most recent PCs with built-in
network cards).
The most up-to-date version of this document, with hypertext links to
downloadable software and other related materials, can be found at the
address
http://cuiwww.unige.ch/info/pc/remote-boot/howto.html
.
Linuxdoc-SGML,
DVI,
PostScript and
PDF
versions are available in the same directory.
If you are interested in getting info on further developments, send
an E-mail to
info@bpbatch.org
.