From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org ([63.224.68.2] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19olk9-0001H5-00 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 11:16:25 -0400 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org (wb2flw.octothorp.org [127.0.0.1]) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h7IFGJ5a004497 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:16:19 GMT Received: from localhost (wacker@localhost) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id h7IFGJn4004492 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 09:16:19 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: wb2flw.octothorp.org: wacker owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 09:16:18 -0600 (MDT) From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: PXE In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <002201c36531$be07f020$6500a8c0@merlin> <003f01c36599$628daec0$6501a8c0@win2k> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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" > > To: > > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:38 PM > > Subject: Re: PXE > > > > > > > Could someone tell me what PXE is? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Luke Davis" > > > To: > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >