ok... i'm confused... i'm going to have to find someone with PXE expertise who can walk me though how this might/can work.. thanks -bruce -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ed Wilts Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 9:31 AM To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: booting up/installing linux... On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 05:03:07AM -0800, bruce wrote: > When i turn the vanilla box on, I will have had to configure the motherboard > to be at a certain IP/Port address via the motherboard BIOS, correct? No - that's not correct. A system motherboard has no knowledge of TCP/IP at all. Your Ethernet controller has a MAC address on it. To start a PXE boot, you search for DHCP servers, tell the DHCP server your MAC address (which is supposed to be unique in the world), and then the DHCP server will assign you an IP address. > Is > there a way to configure the motherboard to only receive > install/boot/startup information from a given IP/IP address range? You have to have control over your own DCHP servers. -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
