Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!geac!maccs!beame From: beame@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Beame) Subject: Re: Remote Booting Diskless PC's Message-ID: <2815038C.12647@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada References: <9104170623.aa15197@louie.udel.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 91 04:03:24 GMT In article jkt@seneca.Sed.Novell.COM. (Jack Thomasson) writes: >>>>>> On 17 Apr 91 11:22:00 GMT, CLS016@vaxc.bangor.ac.uk ("Edmund J. >Sutcliffe ") said: > >"Edmund> For a while we have been running a BOOTP server allowing PC's >"Edmund> to pick up their IP numbers automatically and the Time. I >"Edmund> would like to take this further and remote boot PCs from our >"Edmund> server. Can people tell me what experience they have had of >"Edmund> this matter and what software they have used. Is there any >"Edmund> documentation on the matter Thanks alot Edmund > >i saw something on the net months ago regarding boot roms using bootp. >the address i copied down was "dirk@incom.de". you might want to see >if this leads anywhere and post your findings. good luck. >-- >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Jack Thomasson :{)} jkt@Sed.Novell.COM >Novell, Inc. / MS C-25-1 / 122 East 1700 South / Provo, UT 84606 >Phone: (801)429-7604 FAX: (801)429-5511 >"WARNING: the comments do not necessarily reflect the implementation" Beame & Whiteside Software Ltd. has a BOOTP or RARP TFTP boot PROM for WD80x3 cards. They can be reached at (416) 648-6556 - Carl Beame Beame & Whiteside Software Ltd.