Re: How do I boot over network
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
2 Oct 1999 22:23:20 GMT
Followup to: <19991002133802.A14240@animx.eu.org>
By author: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I have an intel etherexpress 10/100 in a diskless machine. It gets it's ip
> address and tftp's the kernel image. Once it transfers control to the
> image, I get 8000 scrolling down the screen and the floppy drive is
> constantly on.
>
Just downloading the kernel image that way won't work. Get PXELINUX,
part of the SYSLINUX distribution:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/
-hpa
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