Subject: Re: LNX-BBC-NET (bbc 2.1 hacked into a netboot) - network rescue floppy - msg#00012

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Re: LNX-BBC-NET (bbc 2.1 hacked into a netboot) - network rescue floppy

Oh! And somebody get support for kudzu in lnx-bbc! The trivial-net-setup script needs a no questions \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n style switch. Thank you. :) On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Steven L. Fountain wrote: SLF> SLF>Ok, as useful as I have found BBC 2.1, I was wondering why there was no SLF>network booting mechanism of the same image. So I have rsync'd all of the SLF>files into a 192 meg initrd (for straight forward customization) which SLF>boots fine with a recent DHCP server and a TFTP server. SLF> SLF>This is LNX-BBC-NET 2.1 and you can get it from the following two links: SLF> theinfo http://dreamscape.org/code/lnx-bbc-net.txt SLF> bootdir http://dreamscape.org/lnx-bbc-net.tgz SLF> SLF>Some machines don't have CD's, but this is a very useful distribution SLF>method too. Enjoy. SLF> SLF>Steven L. Fountain [system( architect, programmer, admin )] SLF>DSC Ops Research Group .. http://dreamscape.org SLF>925-895-1500(C) - defending the silicon valley - on-call SLF> SLF>_______________________________________________ SLF>lnx-bbc mailing list SLF>lnx-bbc@xxxxxxxx SLF>http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/lnx-bbc SLF> SLF> Steven L. Fountain [system( architect, programmer, admin )] DSC Ops Research Group .. http://dreamscape.org 925-895-1500(C) - defending the silicon valley - on-call

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Re: LNX-BBC-NET (bbc 2.1 hacked into a netboot) - network rescue floppy

Steven L. Fountain writes: > Ok, as useful as I have found BBC 2.1, I was wondering why there was no > network booting mechanism of the same image. So I have rsync'd all of the > files into a 192 meg initrd (for straight forward customization) which > boots fine with a recent DHCP server and a TFTP server. > > This is LNX-BBC-NET 2.1 and you can get it from the following two links: > theinfo http://dreamscape.org/code/lnx-bbc-net.txt > bootdir http://dreamscape.org/lnx-bbc-net.tgz > > Some machines don't have CD's, but this is a very useful distribution > method too. Enjoy. Hey, that's cool. Do you think we can make it netboot using cloop (so it will be back down to 50 MB instead of 192 MB or so)? This would help because it would be faster to load across the network, would work on machines with less RAM, and could potentially be included as a feature of the existing LNX-BBC CD. -- Seth David Schoen <schoen@xxxxxxxxxxx> | Very frankly, I am opposed to people http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/ | being programmed by others. http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/ | -- Fred Rogers (1928-2003), | 464 U.S. 417, 445 (1984)

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Re: LNX-BBC-NET (bbc 2.1 hacked into a netboot) - network rescue floppy

Oh! And somebody get support for kudzu in lnx-bbc! The trivial-net-setup script needs a no questions \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n style switch. Thank you. :) On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Steven L. Fountain wrote: SLF> SLF>Ok, as useful as I have found BBC 2.1, I was wondering why there was no SLF>network booting mechanism of the same image. So I have rsync'd all of the SLF>files into a 192 meg initrd (for straight forward customization) which SLF>boots fine with a recent DHCP server and a TFTP server. SLF> SLF>This is LNX-BBC-NET 2.1 and you can get it from the following two links: SLF> theinfo http://dreamscape.org/code/lnx-bbc-net.txt SLF> bootdir http://dreamscape.org/lnx-bbc-net.tgz SLF> SLF>Some machines don't have CD's, but this is a very useful distribution SLF>method too. Enjoy. SLF> SLF>Steven L. Fountain [system( architect, programmer, admin )] SLF>DSC Ops Research Group .. http://dreamscape.org SLF>925-895-1500(C) - defending the silicon valley - on-call SLF> SLF>_______________________________________________ SLF>lnx-bbc mailing list SLF>lnx-bbc@xxxxxxxx SLF>http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/lnx-bbc SLF> SLF> Steven L. Fountain [system( architect, programmer, admin )] DSC Ops Research Group .. http://dreamscape.org 925-895-1500(C) - defending the silicon valley - on-call

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Re: LNX-BBC-NET (bbc 2.1 hacked into a netboot) - network rescue floppy

Steven L. Fountain writes: > Ok, as useful as I have found BBC 2.1, I was wondering why there was no > network booting mechanism of the same image. So I have rsync'd all of the > files into a 192 meg initrd (for straight forward customization) which > boots fine with a recent DHCP server and a TFTP server. > > This is LNX-BBC-NET 2.1 and you can get it from the following two links: > theinfo http://dreamscape.org/code/lnx-bbc-net.txt > bootdir http://dreamscape.org/lnx-bbc-net.tgz > > Some machines don't have CD's, but this is a very useful distribution > method too. Enjoy. Hey, that's cool. Do you think we can make it netboot using cloop (so it will be back down to 50 MB instead of 192 MB or so)? This would help because it would be faster to load across the network, would work on machines with less RAM, and could potentially be included as a feature of the existing LNX-BBC CD. -- Seth David Schoen <schoen@xxxxxxxxxxx> | Very frankly, I am opposed to people http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/ | being programmed by others. http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/ | -- Fred Rogers (1928-2003), | 464 U.S. 417, 445 (1984)