The Linux Diskless Workstation HOWTO

Sumeet Madhukar Moghe [email protected]

1. Before we begin

• 1.1 Why this document?
• 1.2 For whom is this document
• 1.3 Current versions of this document
• 1.4 About the author
• 1.5 Whom to contact for help

2. Introduction

• 2.1 A historical perspective
• 2.2 Look Ma...No disk!!
• 2.3 The pros and cons of going diskless

3. The Technology under the hood

• 3.1 How does it work ?
• 3.2 Methods of achieving diskless systems

4. LTSP - The Linux Terminal Server Project

• 4.1 Configuring the Linux Terminal Server
• 4.2 Building the bootdisk for the workstations.
• 4.3 Shutting down the diskless system

5. Network Booting with Etherboot

• 5.1 Configuring BOOTP
• 5.2 Configuring TFTP
• 5.3 Building and configuring the kernel image for the Diskless Systems
• 5.4 Configuring NFS
• 5.5 Initializing the root filesystem
• 5.6 Setting up the display manager
• 5.7 Building the bootable disk for the client
• 5.8 Running X on the client

6. CD Based Distributions - Rapid Upgrade diskless systems

7. Online References

8. Copyright Notice