Hello Mr. Carno,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; This is indeed possible. The basic steps that I've used in the past are:<br>
1. Make an etherboot image. Etherboot should download the image from the server via TFTP.<br>
2. Compile LinuxBIOS with the etherboot image as the payload.<br>
3. Make sure DHCPD and TFTPD are set up properly on the host and that
your kernel image is in the correct directory. If I recall correctly,
booting a Linux kernel over DHCP requires that you specify the location
of your image. For example:<br>
<span>	host n1 {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
hardware ethernet 0:d0:c9:56:03:29; # MAC address<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
fixed-address <a href="http://10.0.4.10">10.0.4.10</a>;&nbsp; # IP address<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	filename &quot;/tftpboot/elfimage&quot;;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	}<br></span><br>
<span></span>I have some old notes for a somewhat similar project using
Etherboot, TFTP, and Beoboot:
<a href="http://home.comcast.net/~zen_weasel/linuxbios_stuff/geode/bproc-geode">http://home.comcast.net/~zen_weasel/linuxbios_stuff/geode/bproc-geode</a> .
Most of it is obsolete, but the DHCP example might be useful. I'll try
and get some more up to date instructions for you later on tonight.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/28/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Z Carno</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:carnoz@gmail.com">carnoz@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>I want to test if my linuxbios could boot from network .&nbsp; but
have not done &nbsp;that before ,could&nbsp;anyone please help me to
check if my steps is right?</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>1.install an os&nbsp;on ide hdd on&nbsp;the test MB.</div>
<div>2.copy the installed image file to another Server MB.</div>
<div>3.make some configuration for DHCP.&nbsp;</div>
<div>4.remove test MB ide hdd ,and use linuxbios boot .</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>I have test windows boot from network before, its steps seems this . but I've no idea whether linux is this too.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Thank you.</div></div><div><span class="sg">
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Carno</div>

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