[K12OSN] how to create etherboot CD
David Whitmer
dwblue02 at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 15 02:54:35 UTC 2006
--- Petre Scheie <petre at maltzen.net> wrote:
> I've got a Micron desktop client that when I try to
> boot it with a Universal Boot Floppy
> starts to load the ROM image but then the screen
> goes grey with a few blinking
> characters in the center of the screen and it just
> stalls there.
>
> So, I thought I'd try to get it to boot via a CD. I
> followed the instructions at
>
http://www.gnuenterprise.org/~jcater/ltsp/Etherboot-On-CDR-HOWTO.txt,
> but when I test it
> on a Dell OptiPlex that IS able to boot from the
> Universal Boot Floppy, it starts to
> load the ROM image, but then its screen goes grey,
> the black and nothing else happens.
>
> Has anyone managed to translate the Universal Boot
> Floppy onto a CD?
>
> Petre
Petre,
I've been using the universal network boot files from
the Thinstation project.
The link below will take you to the download page.
Download network_boot_floppy+cd+hd_540.zip, unpack,
and use your favorite CD mastering software to burn
eb-net.iso to CD.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80408&package_id=97496
Hope this helps.
David Whitmer
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