I've just done it a couple of weeks ago, and it's working great. Read the stuff, because mostly it works the same for Debian :)
Anyway there are different configurations for a diskless machine, and each one requires different steps. Just as an overview: * kernel for DL (diskless machine): may be loaded from a floppy, CDROM or from a server, if you've got a net card with a ROM that support this. Maybe it would be possible to have a program to load the kernel from a server in a floppy, but I didn't find such a program. All these are described in the docs * boot configuration parameters for DL (IP address, from where to mount the root filesystem, etc.): probably load from a server, using <bootp>. This is described in the docs * filesystem: what do you want to share with the server: only /home, /home, /usr (so the DL will share the same debian installation), ... ? You must have at least a root directory exclusively for your DL machine, and probably a /etc also. If you want it to share another installation, the easiest way is to copy the /etc from the other installation and edit the appropriate conf. files (fstab, hostname, etc., see the docs.) for the DL. You may then share the /usr with the server machine. well, instead of rewritting everything in a poorer english (it is not my native language), maybe you can add details of what you want or need to know to manage it and we may be able to help you better :-) jan > Hi > > > I am about to start installing > some diskless workstations. > > I have found this documentation > Diskless-root-NFS-HOWTO > Diskless-HOWTO > NFS-Root mini-HOWTO > NFS-Root-Client-mini-HOWTO > > But they seams to be based on rethat linux. > > Is the any advises or documentation specific for debian ? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
