[geeks] basic IRIX network questions

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Kevin wrote:

> That actually makes sense.  Does the install server have to be
> IRIX as well or can i setup my linux file server or maybe a
> Sun box to do so (all of those services can be run under
> linux)?

You need an IRIX box to read the CDs (or Linux with EFS filesystem and
SGI partition map support), but the actual server can be anything with a
sane tftp and r* services.  IRIX is easiest, though, because
everything's already configured for you in /etc/inetd.conf.  So, you can
just comment-out the lines when you want the system to be more secure,
and uncomment them when you want a boot server.

However, documentation on making just about anything work is here:
http://futuretech.mirror.vuurwerk.net/netboot.html

You can even do away with the bootp nonsense by providing your IP
information to the target system in the PROM monitor.


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