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    A NetBoot Notes thread

    I'm going to re-install from scratch this evening, and use this thread to keep notes on things as I go along - to better help someone that comes along behind me. We can make this a kind of Wiki if anyone wants - feel free to keep one step ahead of me....

    The general philosophy of what I'm building here is discussed at this link:

    http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/a...ss_Farm_1.html
    Another resource along the same lines:
    http://ws9.jobnegotiator.com/html/netboot.html

    I'm going to separate my network into two pieces, or subnets, allowing me to completely separate my farm network from my Windows based home network.

    Dual NIC machine to be used as a farm server 3.2 Ghz Dell 400 SC Poweredge server box. - 2 NIC cards, one a RealTek PCI card added in, the other is an e1000 intel "card" on the motherboard.

    eth0 - (PCI card) Realtek RTL-8139 SMC EZ
    eth1 - Intel Ether Express on the main motherboard.


    Step #1
    Perform a full install of Red Hat Shrike - release 9 - select custom for the type,
    and at the bottom of the install screen in the MISC section - select the box marked "EVERYTHING". and continue. This takes a while....

    The install is being done from downloaded ISO images from http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=7. Burned them onto CD. Downloading these takes a while, too. (DAYS on a slow connection)


    NOTES:

    During set up I set both NICs up as having static IP addresses, one lives on the Windows network, the other on the farm network.

    eth0: static 192.168.0.2 - windows net
    eth1: static 192.168.2.254 - farm net
    hostname: DELL400SC
    set the gateway to my internet routing machine, which lives at 192.168.0.1
    no firewall configured

    when asked about packages, go to the misc section at the bottom, and check the EVERYTHING box. (This really isn't necessary....)

    Finish the install.... Nap. Eat dinner. Whatever.....

    (probable next step, download the LTSP stuff - I'll have to refer back to PCZ's notes about exactly what version he installed and post the link. Feel free to cut-n-paste or enter that info into the next message here, PCZ...)

    Edit by IronBits
    Anything that does not pertain to PXE NIC, CD, Floppy, Net Booting, or helpful in any way will be removed from this thread to keep it concise and to the point for referencing.
    End of Edit by IronBits
    Last edited by rsbriggs; 08-08-2003 at 08:29 PM.
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