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Next Previous Contents Root over nfs clients & server Howto. Hans de Goede hans@highrise.nl v1.0 30 March 2025 Howto setup a server and configure clients for diskless operation from a network. 1. Introduction 1.1 Copyright 1.2 Changelog 2. Basic principle 2.1 Things can't be that simple 3. Preparing the server 3.1 Building a kernel 3.2 Creating and populating /tftpboot, making symlinks for /tmp etc. 3.3 Exporting the appropriate file systems and setting up bootp 4. Adding workstations 4.1 Creating a boot disk or bootrom 4.2 Creating a ws dir 4.3 Add entries to /etc/bootptab and /etc/hosts 4.4 Booting the ws for the first time 4.5 Set the ws specific configuration. 5. Added bonus: booting from cdrom 5.1 Basic Principle 5.2 Creating a test setup. 5.3 Creating the cd 5.4 Boot the cd and test it 6. Thanks 7. Comments Next Previous Contents

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