Booting Linux from boot ROM

[NiallMac]

Has anyone built a linux boot ROM based system and connected it to a Linux server. My supplier is sending me an EPROM but I have never connected a diskless boot system to a linux server, does anyone have any suggestions.<br>
As usual my boss wants this done sometime between yesterday and the day before......so no change there then!!!!<br>
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I would appreciate any help<br>
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Thanks<br>
Niall<br>

 

[robherc]

Hmmm....what version of Linux are you using...RH is currently shipping versions which include an application for remote-booting; but I'm sorry, I don't remember the name of it so you'll have to look through the program achives on your installation media yourself..... sorry :-( <p>-Robherc<br><a href=mailto:robherc@netzero.net>robherc@netzero.net</a><br><a href= shared.freeservers.com/searchmaster.html>SearchMaster Interface...11-in-1</a><br>Wanting to learn Assembler; please e-mail me any tutorials or links for it that are useful to you

 

[mregan]

My I suggest getting a new boss.<br>
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When you say &quot;diskless&quot; I assume you mean booting from a ROM, and not booting from a network server. If you do mean booting from a network, check the &quot;Diskless HowTo&quot;.<br>
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I looked at designing a ROM based system last year but decided it was beyond my skills. I opted for a &quot;Quick and Dirty&quot; solution, booting from a dedicated CDROM drive.<br>
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I looked at two approaches to the problem. The first was to design a MB with the access to the ROM on the MB. This would also involve hacking the BIOS. It seems to be the most common method for embedded systems.<br>
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The second was to build a device that looked like a floppy to the BIOS. This seemed to be the easiest method, but I didn't get into it very far.<br>
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There is a lot of good information on the boot proceedure in the lilo files at <br>
<A HREF="

http://judi.greens.org/lilo/"

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http://judi.greens.org/lilo/</A><br>

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