On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 11:07:00PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:47:02PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > > Someone suggested I try smart boot manager on a floppy, to cause a boot > > off CD-ROM. But I can't get that to work. > > > > I've seen several suggestions for ways to make diskettes that will > > either boot from CD or network. > > http://rom-o-matic.net/ is a useful service here.
I prefer to just build my own, from the sources of etherboot. This is for booting from a local media and starting a PXE boot. > > > PXE booting requires an image to transmit. Making the image looks like > > another involved project. > > You don't need to create the image yourself, there are ready mades, > e.g. from LTSP Rather, PXE allows you to send just about anything over tftp. pxelinux (of syslinux) provides you a standard boot loader that uses that meduim to send e.g. the kernel and initrd. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
