pxe (pxelinux) booting for dummies (me)

**krazynesphreak** · 08-12-2005, 04:12 AM

alright i need some help here i`m just not getting this at all. i would really like to use pxe to boot knoppix on a network, just to try it out to see how it works. i have used syslinux, isolinux, extlinux and memdisk, but never used pxelinux. where can i find some documentation on this. from the client to the server, and all the information that i have find was only on the servers but not the clients. HELP?!?!

thanks
ryan

**ockham23** · 08-12-2005, 09:39 AM

There is some information on PXE boot in the Wiki: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/PXE_FAQ

Things are very simple if the client's BIOS supports PXE as a boot option. Just launch Knoppix' terminal server script on the server and set the client to boot off the network. It even works if you have a separate DHCP server in your network (e.g., a router) because the terminal server script by default assigns IP addresses in a range that is rarely used (192.168.0.240 and higher).

**krazynesphreak** · 08-13-2005, 01:57 AM

thanks (ockham23). i`m going to try the floppy/cd of network booting. i see i can make/get the floppy image from http://www.rom-o-matic.net/5.4.0/ but i can olny pick one network card at a time is there a way i can have them all?? what i would like to do is, at boot it would autodetect the nic (network card) and load the driver. is there a way i can do this?????

thanks
ryan