[K12OSN] Intel PXE 0.99b ltsp booting
Vince Callaway
vince at totalsense.com
Sat Mar 31 13:24:15 UTC 2007
I picked up some old intel nic's off ebay. I wanted to see if the built
in pxe would ltsp boot.
The cards have the 0.99b version of pxe. From what I understand they
are pretty common cards. They are also cheap. I bought a lot of 5 and
with shipping was $8.98 total. That's less than $2 each.
The good news is they work. A couple of minor changes are needed to the
server.
In /etc/xinted.d/tftp
Change the line that reads:
server_args = -s /tftpboot
to:
server_args = -s /tftpboot -r blksize
In the file /etc/sysctl.conf
Add this line:
net.ipv4.ip_no_pmtu_disc = 1
For those wanting to get away from floppy booting this solution will
work. Just don't everyone hit ebay at once and drive the price up :)
Also, make sure you don't get the cards that have a boot prom socket.
Those obviously don't have pxe built in.
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