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Where would I get a linux disk to allow me to boot off the network?

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superHARD

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My linux distro doesn't have the drivers for a Abit NF2-s onboard nic so how would I get it to boot off lan to my linux box?

 
oh oh oh, Sorry I misunderstood. Freewolf is probably right then. Put in a cheap @ss NIC card with a typical RealTek 8139 chipset or something.....
 
right but how do I boot off it? The nf2-s will only boot off the internal nic. When I stick another nic in there it doesn't even try to boot off it.
 
check the BIOS settings to disable the onboard nic. Also see if you can set the boot sequence to include either the nic or "other devices".
 
If you stick in another NIC, you can just boot the PC off a network boot floppy, which then loads the drivers and boots off the NW 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Coolkid
If you stick in another NIC, you can just boot the PC off a network boot floppy, which then loads the drivers and boots off the NW 🙂
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Right but how do I tell the floppy what drivers to use then how to I tell it to boot off the NW?
 
Originally posted by: RaySun2Be
check the BIOS settings to disable the onboard nic. Also see if you can set the boot sequence to include either the nic or "other devices".
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OIC I will try that!!!

Thanks!

I didn't disable onboard and I didn't try to leave on "other devices"...I will let you guys know how I do tonight.
 
Two things I can think of. First, if you can download and burn a CD, then I would try Knoppix, all the Linux you could need on one bootable cd. If you can't burn a CD, then I would try Tom's Root/Boot. Tom's RB has a smaller subset of drivers, but if you have one of his cards, you should be good to go. I would try Knoppix first, if I could, tho.
 
I am usint Knoppix now! I am trying to get the nodes booted it now. That is why I wanted help on getting the puters to boot to the network with an extra nic and not use the onboard one.
 
Ok, when you install the auxillary NIC (so you have 2 NICs, the onboard and the extra), and you boot knoppix, and then go to the main console, and type 'ifconfig', what do you see?

Do you have the cable plugged into the add-in NIC?
Do you have a DHCP server available to answer DHCP requests?

do you see 1 or 2 'Ethernet controller' when you do 'cat /proc/pci'? (assuming your add-in NIC is PCI).

if you don't have a DHCP server handy, then 'ifconfig' will probablyl only show you lo0, and we can probably get your
NIC up, if it shows up in /proc/pci.

place the following in /etc/network/interfaces:
iface eth0 inet static
netmask 255.255.255.0
address 192.168.0.5
gateway 192.168.0.1
iface eth1 inet static
netmask 255.255.255.0
address 192.168.0.6
gateway 192.168.0.1

You might need to massage the IP addy's for your local subnet.
to use these, do 'ifup eth0' and then 'ifup eth1'.
Then you can see which of these is the true active ethernet controller.

 
I am trying to boot of the network and not off a locak hd. I think all you just typed is for a local load of knoppix...right?
 
Well you need to goto http://rom-o-matic.net/ and download the boot floppt image for your extra NIC, write the image to a floppy disk, then boot from the Floppy and it will load the NIC drivers and start booting from the network 🙂
 
I tried that but what if I don't have a nic on that list? Can I use that floppy and change it to my nic's linux driver?
 
Umm, i'm not sure 😕

If you cant get it working any other way, you could just burn multiple copies of clusterknoppix and boot all your clients from cd 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Coolkid
Umm, i'm not sure 😕

If you cant get it working any other way, you could just burn multiple copies of clusterknoppix and boot all your clients from cd 🙂
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How would I join the cluster then?
 
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