I use PXE to boot slave nodes with ParallelKnoppix (http://pareto.uab.es/mcreel/ParallelKnoppix). I think I could possibly use this to boot a set of slave nodes from a computer that's not running Knoppix, correct? Where do the computers that are PXE booted get their filesystem from, from /cdrom, on the computer you use as the server, no? The knoppix CD must be mounted on that computer no? Or one could use a poor man's install?

Can you please explain this in more detail? Exactly what steps do I need to follow to PXE boot Knoppix over the net, from a computer running some arbitrary (assume Debian-based, if that helps) Linux distro? I'd really appreciate as much detail as you're willing to provide.

Thanks, Michael