topic Re: Dummy Client in Operating System - Linux

Dummy Client

dhamodharan_1 — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:27:30 GMT

Team,

I am using Red Hat EL4 , Is it possible to create the dummy client in this box [Client System boot from server , how it sense the availability of the server], Explain in steps.

Thanks

Re: Dummy Client

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:04:11 GMT

Shalom,

What is a dummy client?

You want to boot a system directly off this RH EL4 server? Or just install one?

RH can be made to act as a terminal server with thin clients booting of the machine with the horsepower.

SEP

Re: Dummy Client

Ivan Ferreira — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:14:24 GMT

Do you want to configure a diskless environment?

See:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/ch-diskless.html

Re: Dummy Client

dhamodharan_1 — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:31:19 GMT

I need to boot the client without disk , it has to boot from server .I have two RHEL4 boxes.
thanks

Re: Dummy Client

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:39:18 GMT

Some links.
http://www.applied-synergetics.com/ashp/html/disklessboot.html

http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-10/netbooting_01.html

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Network-boot-HOWTO/

Last link looks best.

SEP