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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Managing multiple Gentoo systems
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On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Have you considered using PXE to network boot your systems? you can
>> have various configurations set up based on mac addresses to address
>> different hardware issues. I recommend trying out SystemRescueCD to
>> experiment with PXE booting for the client and server.
>
> That sounds like exactly what I need. =A0So, I could set up a Gentoo
> server and a bunch of completely diskless clients which would all PXE
> boot from the server? =A0Would the clients basically each control a
> different virtual terminal on the server?
Each machine can pull a copy of the master boot image to make updates
a lot simpler. The SystemRescueCD PXE boot mechanism just pushes out a
copy of the CD to all the machines to boot them. to update the boot
image just update the files in one location to update all machines.
the machines act as separate fully functioning machine. Check out
http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_PXE_network_booting to
see how to setup the PXE boot environment.
>
>> No trees were harmed in the sending of this message. However, a large
>> number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
>
> That's hilarious. :)
>
> - Grant
>
Thanks. A friend shared that with me.
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