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- Date:
Wed Jun 24 14:30:07 1998
- Orig file:
v2.1.106/linux/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
- Orig date:
Sun Jun 7 11:16:26 1998
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.106/linux/Documentation/nfsroot.txt linux/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
Mounting the root filesystem via NFS (nfsroot)
-==============================================
+===============================================
Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>
Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
@@ -185,12 +185,12 @@
lar to how LILO is doing it. Please refer to the loadlin docu-
mentation for further information.
-3.4) Using a bootrom
+3.4) Using a boot ROM
This is probably the most elegant way of booting a diskless
- client. With a bootrom the kernel gets loaded using the TFTP
- protocol. As far as I know no commercial bootroms already
+ client. With a boot ROM the kernel gets loaded using the TFTP
+ protocol. As far as I know, no commercial boot ROMs yet
support booting Linux over the network, but there are two
- free implementations of a bootrom available on sunsite.unc.edu
+ free implementations of a boot ROM available on sunsite.unc.edu
and its mirrors. They are called 'netboot-nfs' and 'etherboot'.
Both contain everything you need to boot a diskless Linux client.
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