Re: [K12OSN] Not getting the network boot
Steve Wright (paua@quicksilver.net.nz)
Sun, 26 Jan 2003 13:21:14 +1300
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Don't you worry yourself about things like that.. ;-)
Just put that floppy in, power-on, and watch the magic.. 8-) Assuming
you have done a standard K12LTSP server install, your network is good (a
single crossover cable will do to test one terminal) and your terminal
PC is set to boot from floppy, all wonderous things will come from that
one little floppy boot image. ;-)
/steve
Jeff Pearson wrote:
> How does a machine boot with a file having that extension??? Do I tell
> the BIOS to boot to the floppy?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* k12osn-admin@redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-admin@redhat.com]*
> On Behalf Of *Caleb Wagnon
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:48 PM
> *To:* k12osn@redhat.com
> *Subject:* RE: [K12OSN] Not getting the network boot
>
> Bingo =)
>
>
>
> Caleb Wagnon, MCP
> Fordyce School District
> Office of Technology
> Fordyce, Arkansas 71742
> (870) 352-2968
>
> Linux...
> "Find out what you've been missing while you've been rebooting
> Windows"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* k12osn-admin@redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-admin@redhat.com]
> *On Behalf Of *Jeff Pearson
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 25, 2003 4:26 PM
> *To:* k12osn@redhat.com
> *Subject:* RE: [K12OSN] Not getting the network boot
>
>
>
> OK. So I went to the romomatic site, and got the image for a
> FA311. eb-5[1].1.5-fa311.zdsk is the file. On a windows system, I
> use rawrite to write it to a floppy. I take that floppy, and use
> it to boot the client? Just like that?
>
>
>
> Jeff
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Don't you worry yourself about things like that.. =A0;-)
Just put that floppy in, power-on, and watch the magic.. 8-) =A0 Assuming=
you
have done a standard K12LTSP server install, your network is good (a sing=
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crossover cable will do to test one terminal) and your terminal PC is set
to boot from floppy, all wonderous things will come from that one little
floppy boot image. =A0;-)
/steve
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