Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 31 Dec 1999 12:32:00 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alex Holden <> | Subject | Re: Announce: initrd-tftp 0.1 |
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On 30 Dec 1999, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > You can make the bootrom to load your kernel with initrd from tftp server > as well. Look at netboot/etherboot packages, they are doing mainly > bootp(or dhcp) + tftp the whole kernel+ramdisk image.
You can only use netboot and etherboot on PCs, but you can use initrd-tftp on anything, regardless of whether it's firmware knows how to load a ramdisk and tell Linux where it is. You could even put the kernel onto a floppy disk or burn it into flash, but use initrd-tftp to load the latest system software over the network at boot time.
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