OT: PXE

OT: PXE

[Luke Davis]

Does anyone know if there is work on-going, to allow Linux to work as a
PXE server?  I have great interest in this, as it effects a couple of
corporate networks which I administer.

Of course, to make it a little more on topic: if there is some utility for
this, can Speakup work with it?:)

Luke

Re: PXE

[Joseph C. Lininger]

Could someone tell me what PXE is?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis@shellworld.net>
To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:10 PM
Subject: OT: PXE


> Does anyone know if there is work on-going, to allow Linux to work as a
> PXE server?  I have great interest in this, as it effects a couple of
> corporate networks which I administer.
>
> Of course, to make it a little more on topic: if there is some utility for
> this, can Speakup work with it?:)
>
> Luke
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

Re: PXE

[JOHN LEE]

IT IS A CERTAIN TYPE OF NETWORK CARD.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm@pcdesk.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: PXE


> Could someone tell me what PXE is?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis@shellworld.net>
> To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:10 PM
> Subject: OT: PXE
>
>
> > Does anyone know if there is work on-going, to allow Linux to work as a
> > PXE server?  I have great interest in this, as it effects a couple of
> > corporate networks which I administer.
> >
> > Of course, to make it a little more on topic: if there is some utility
for
> > this, can Speakup work with it?:)
> >
> > Luke
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: PXE

[Luke Davis]

No, it isn't.  Explanation coming in another message, when I get back.
It is a protocol.

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, JOHN LEE wrote:

> IT IS A CERTAIN TYPE OF NETWORK CARD.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm@pcdesk.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 10:38 PM
> Subject: Re: PXE
>
>
> > Could someone tell me what PXE is?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis@shellworld.net>
> > To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:10 PM
> > Subject: OT: PXE
> >
> >
> > > Does anyone know if there is work on-going, to allow Linux to work as a
> > > PXE server?  I have great interest in this, as it effects a couple of
> > > corporate networks which I administer.
> > >
> > > Of course, to make it a little more on topic: if there is some utility
> for
> > > this, can Speakup work with it?:)
> > >
> > > Luke
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
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Re: PXE

[Luke Davis]

Right, sorry, forgot about this.  I thought it was Microsoft, but not
sure.  The only servers curently supporting it, are Win 2k server
eddition.  I have a network of XP Pro machines at one site (the one I'm
working from today, actually), and that was the only network booting
option they could use.  This presented a problem, because most machines
didn't have CD drives, and had no operating systems.  I tried to do a
Samba install of XP, using nanobox as a temporary OS on the PCs, to
connect to our Linux Samba server, but nanobox would not boot on the PCs.
Thus, I ended up having to carry a CD drive to each machine, and having
only two or three working CD drives on site that day, this took quite a
while.

It would have been a lot quicker, if Linux could have served the files via
PXE.

Regards,

Luke

 On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Alex Snow wrote:

> It's a protocol devised by I think intel for network booting.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm@pcdesk.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:38 PM
> Subject: Re: PXE
>
>
> > Could someone tell me what PXE is?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis@shellworld.net>
> > To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:10 PM
> > Subject: OT: PXE
> >
> >
> > > Does anyone know if there is work on-going, to allow Linux to work as a
> > > PXE server?  I have great interest in this, as it effects a couple of
> > > corporate networks which I administer.
> > >
> > > Of course, to make it a little more on topic: if there is some utility
> for
> > > this, can Speakup work with it?:)
> > >
> > > Luke
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
>
>
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Re: PXE

[Alex Snow]

It's a protocol devised by I think intel for network booting.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm@pcdesk.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: PXE


> Could someone tell me what PXE is?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis@shellworld.net>
> To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:10 PM
> Subject: OT: PXE
>
>
> > Does anyone know if there is work on-going, to allow Linux to work as a
> > PXE server?  I have great interest in this, as it effects a couple of
> > corporate networks which I administer.
> >
> > Of course, to make it a little more on topic: if there is some utility
for
> > this, can Speakup work with it?:)
> >
> > Luke
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

Re: PXE

[William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209]

AFAIK, Linux has always supported PXE.  Red Hat Linux can be installed 
that way.  I believe that Gregg Nowak is doing PXE booting of one of his 
machines.

-- 
          Bill in Denver


On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Luke Davis wrote:

> Right, sorry, forgot about this.  I thought it was Microsoft, but not
> sure.  The only servers curently supporting it, are Win 2k server
> eddition.  I have a network of XP Pro machines at one site (the one I'm
> working from today, actually), and that was the only network booting
> option they could use.  This presented a problem, because most machines
> didn't have CD drives, and had no operating systems.  I tried to do a
> Samba install of XP, using nanobox as a temporary OS on the PCs, to
> connect to our Linux Samba server, but nanobox would not boot on the PCs.
> Thus, I ended up having to carry a CD drive to each machine, and having
> only two or three working CD drives on site that day, this took quite a
> while.
> 
> It would have been a lot quicker, if Linux could have served the files via
> PXE.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Luke
> 
>  On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Alex Snow wrote:
> 
> > It's a protocol devised by I think intel for network booting.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm@pcdesk.net>
> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: PXE
> >
> >
> > > Could someone tell me what PXE is?
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis@shellworld.net>
> > > To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:10 PM
> > > Subject: OT: PXE
> > >
> > >
> > > > Does anyone know if there is work on-going, to allow Linux to work as a
> > > > PXE server?  I have great interest in this, as it effects a couple of
> > > > corporate networks which I administer.
> > > >
> > > > Of course, to make it a little more on topic: if there is some utility
> > for
> > > > this, can Speakup work with it?:)
> > > >
> > > > Luke
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Speakup mailing list
> > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> 
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Re: PXE

[Gregory Nowak]

No, I'm actually using dhcp, tftpd to get the kernel, and the rest
boots over nfs.

I've seen references to PXE on the web during my booting over the
network quest, and  don't know much about it, but I do know it's not
what I'm using.

Greg


On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 09:16:18AM -0600, William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209 wrote:
> AFAIK, Linux has always supported PXE.  Red Hat Linux can be installed 
> that way.  I believe that Gregg Nowak is doing PXE booting of one of his 
> machines.
> 
> -- 
>           Bill in Denver
> 
> 

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