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From: srodawa@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dr. Srodawa)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,bit.listserv.novell
Subject: Re: PC remote boot protocol
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Date: 25 Oct 90 02:08:31 GMT
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In article <90296.121048MAH@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at> MAH@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at (Michael Haberler) writes:
>I wonder if there's a `standard' way to have a PC boot via LAN?


There is a protocol, bootp.  There is a unix daemon (server) called bootpd.
The protocol is covered by a couple of RFCs.

I just got this a few weeks ago and have been running it for two weeks.
It compiled with no changes on 4.3BSD on a VAX 11/750.  It took one
change to the make file (documented) to make it on a Sun.  I believe I
got the stuff from lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu.  I know for sure it was
from Carnegie-Mellon, my memory could be faulty on the full system name.
It came via anonymous ftp.
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I am using this only to get the machine name and internet address as a function
of the ethernet address.  That is, I'm not using it to boot.  It does allow
a pathname for a boot file to be given which it returns in the record.  The
file is read using the tftp protocol.
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The program is SUPPOSED to work either standalong or invoked by inetd.  I
am running it standalone, starting it in the rc.local file.  For some
reason, the inetd method didn't work for me.  We have enough systems hitting
this a standalone process probably makes good sense anyway.  Ron.

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