Netboot Allows booting a diskless computer over a TCP/IP based network using standard protocols like BOOTP, DHCP and TFTP
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Allows booting a diskless computer over a TCP/IP based network using standard protocols like BOOTP, DHCP and TFTP Netboot enables a computer with an Intel compatible CPU to boot without access to a hard disk or diskette. For this the target computer has to be equipped so that it can load the operating system over an IP network from a server. All the tools required for this process are included in the Netboot packet. Here are some key features of "Netboot": · Booting a diskless client either from an EPROM, Flash-EPROM, system BIOS or from a floppy without additional utility tools · The bootrom code can use many different network driver interfaces including standard DOS packet drivers and NDIS (version 2) drivers and therefore supports almost any PC network card. · Support for various PC standards including the BIOS Boot Specifi- cation (BBS), PnP BIOS Specification, POST Memory Manager (PMM) specification and Intel's Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) specification. · Support of many Internet RFC standards, like BOOTP, DHCP, TFTP and Multicast-TFTP. · Easy configuration of the bootrom under UNIX. · The bootrom can load a BOOTP vendor extension file in order to support more space for tags. It also supports TFTP blocksize and filesize options for faster download of boot images. · Using the Menu Generation Language it's possible to optionally boot different operating systems, and even implement management functions like automatic BIOS updates of booted clients. · Cross-gateway booting · Able to boot different operating system. Currently supported are Linux, FreeBSD and various DOS brands.

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