[H-GEN] Diskless boxes for internet access

[Robert Brockway]

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Steve Pinel wrote:

> Alright, back to an earlier question, then.  How does this work at a
> diskless workstation.  Can I mount the partitions from a Novell directory
> (i.e., have root, swap and usr on the Novell server, and mount them as NFS
> volumes), or do I need a boot ROM that logs into the Linux box on bootup

As my computer knowledge has a bent towards the unix side of the force,
I would go for the boot floppy option.  Boot floppy, which expands into a
ram disk.  Only needed for the occassional reboot (rare unless the boxen
were powered down over the weekend perhaps).

I don't know enough about Novell to comment :(

See many of you tommorrow.
Cheers,
	-Robert

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