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Boot from Network via PXE (Eng. Version)
--THE IDEA--
1. using root_fs for i386 we have made before to be able booted from network.
2. root_fs can be booted from Network with Boot From Network facility in BIOS.
3. We will use PXE Technology.
--UNDERSTANDING PXE--
PXE is ... you can read it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot...on_Environment.
There are several BIOS that have been supported by PXE,...
Posted 05-06-2010 at 10:51 PM bymorningboy Updated 05-06-2010 at 11:11 PM bymorningboy
THE IDEA
Make medium linux for testing and some interests purposes such as:
1. linux that was built is small enough to be inserted into the flash disk or another block device.
2. Can be booted from a laptop, PC, or other x86 standard devices.
3. Software can be installed for testing purposes, such as iptables, ebtables, brctl (bridge controller), vlan, pppoe server / client, pptp server / client, web server, database, nfs, etc..
4. Easy to configure,...
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