On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 23:38 +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:14:23 -0600 > Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote:
[snip] > I can't use a dhcp server on this network. These machines are exposed to the > general network which already has a dhcp server and if I add another one I'm > going to cause trouble over the whole network. > > Besides a dhcp server with the specific setup is going to be a serious pain. > > The machines do have disks which are meant mostly for local user data. The idea > is to have as little as possible in terms of a system on each machine to make > it easier to maintain and keep safe from the users. Looks like the easiest > solution is to have grub and a kernel installed locally on each machine. > > I once was futzing around with 4 really old machines with no PXE support. I was able to get it to boot with a CD with just grub (and just a kernel) on it. Had to use a special stage2 for GRUB in order for it to boot. See here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2004-04/msg00152.html. Or google for 'GRUB El Torito'. I remember having trouble initially. But once that was figured out, it turned out to be a handy bootloader with a default menu.lst with shell for when menu.lst didn't cut it. Now, I think I put the IP addresses into the menu.lst which then passed it onto the kernel which was built with diskless (NFS root) support. So grub would load the NFSroot kernel on the CD (and I burned almost identical CD - the only difference being a different IP address on the menu.lst file) and the kernel would then proceed with the NFS root filesystem. At least that is how I recall it. It could all be a figment of my imagination/hazy-memory. I might still have the CD lying around somewhere so if you run into trouble email me and I'll look for it. Anoop. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
