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README for mkinitrd-net
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mkinitrd-net enables you to use your distribution's stock kernel for
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diskless workstations, without having to compile in support for the
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relevant network card(s). It creates an initial ramdisk image containing
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the required network-card kernel modules and bootstrap scripts to load the
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module, obtain an IP address via DHCP and mount the root filesystem via
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NFS.
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mkinitrd-net also generates a dhcpd.conf file fragment that can be used to
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automate the process of mapping NBI files to clients, based on the PCI IDs
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of their network cards. Etherboot will send the PCI ID of the network
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card to the DHCP server in the etherboot-encapsulated-options field
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(Etherboot 5.0.7 and newer) and the DHCP server can use this to identify
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the correct NBI to point the client towards.
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The end result is that:
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a) You can avoid the hassle of compiling custom kernels for diskless
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workstations.
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b) Diskless workstations will automatically download the correct
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kernel+initrd.
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c) You have an easier life! :-)
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mkinitrd-net is Copyright Fen Systems Ltd. 2001. mkinitrd-net itself is
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licensed under the GNU GPL. It incorporates code from the uClibc,
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busybox, udhcpc and Etherboot projects, each of which has its own licence
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terms. Standard disclaimers apply.
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The copy of mkinitrd-net in the Etherboot contribs is not the
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authoritative copy of mkinitrd-net; please do not make modifications to
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this copy. Patches should be sent to Michael Brown
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<mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>.
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