Re: writting a netboot-like system

[Alexander Heinz <mailsanmich@gmx.li>]

> i wish to write the server-client system for booting a remote client
> from a server which has the boot image of some OS. Now, the difference
> is I want the client to have disk and boot using GRUB initially and
> thereafter using BOOTP and TFTP it should be able to download the boot
> image from the server.
> 
> any help in this regard will be very helpful to me. The architecture i
> wish to write it for is x86 and boot image i intend to use is DOS and
> vmlinuz.

You do not have to write it yourself.
Use grub with etherboot .zlilo images for your NIC.

Cheers
Alex

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