Cool uses of PXE ?

[John Summerfied]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> I just got a PXE enabled ethernet card. What cool things can I do with 
> PXE ? I have FC3 on my server.

:-)
Network-install Fedora, RHEL, Debian (maybe - I think the new installer 
works, boot-floppies never worked for me).
Boot DOS off your Linux server, Maybe handy for flashing BIOS.

If you like the idea of attaching a laptop to a switch, then turning on 
a brace of bare machines and having them all instantly equipped with 
Linux, PXE is good for you.

If you're like my wife (she thinks email is a chore and hasn't 
discovered Mozilla or Firefox yet), it's not so great.



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John

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