Fetching bootloader from network location

[Dan Ritter]

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 09:32:41AM -0400, Jeffrey Finkelstein wrote:
> I have been charged with the task of determining whether it is
> possible to boot from a network location without using PXE, and I
> would like to know if anyone else has any information on the subject.
> 
> Essentially the task is this: Given a Mandriva boot.iso CD-ROM image,
> is it possible to edit one of the isolinux.cfg entries so that when a
> system boots from the disk, the isolinux bootloader fetches another
> bootloader from a tftp server, essentially chainloading from a network
> location? I can't seem to find a way to put this sort of thing into
> action.

Sounds like you want to look at diskless boot setups and the
Linux Terminal Server Project.

-dsr-

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