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>>> Have you considered using PXE to network boot your systems? you can |
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>>> have various configurations set up based on mac addresses to address |
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>>> different hardware issues. I recommend trying out SystemRescueCD to |
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>>> experiment with PXE booting for the client and server. |
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>> That sounds like exactly what I need. So, I could set up a Gentoo |
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>> server and a bunch of completely diskless clients which would all PXE |
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>> boot from the server? Would the clients basically each control a |
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>> different virtual terminal on the server? |
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> Each machine can pull a copy of the master boot image to make updates |
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> a lot simpler. The SystemRescueCD PXE boot mechanism just pushes out a |
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> copy of the CD to all the machines to boot them. to update the boot |
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> image just update the files in one location to update all machines. |
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> the machines act as separate fully functioning machine. Check out |
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> http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_PXE_network_booting to |
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> see how to setup the PXE boot environment. |
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I think I get it now and it sounds great, exactly what I'm looking for. |
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Everything can be done in RAM, no disks required? |
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Can PXE boot be done wirelessly? Maybe only if the wireless is |
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onboard? I tried to Google this but the info returned is terribly |
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outdated for some reason. |
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Do you think SystemRescueCD is the best boot image for clients that |
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only need a browser? |
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What sort of machine would work well as a client? Should I just put |
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together a bunch of motherboards with onboard video and ethernet, |
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CPUs, RAM, PSUs, and small cases? Is there a prebuilt system that |
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works well for this? Maybe an ARM-15 system as "Tampa Bay" James |
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referenced, although I think that isn't released yet. |
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- Grant |
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