Booting the thin client from the Server:
Update the client boot monitor to a level that supports booting Linux (see Prerequisites). Boot the client in NSBoot mode and modify the settings as follows:
- For Linux Boot, the following parameters in the boot menus should be modified:
- Display settings
- Network settings
- Set "Network priority" to use NVRAM or DHCP, disabling all other options.
- Set "Boot file source" to Network
- If NVRAM,
- Set client IP address, Domain name server IP address, Gateway IP address, Subnet mask
- If DHCP, make sure a server responds to DHCP requests
- A sample Linux DHCP config file (/etc/dhcpd.conf) is included in this package in SAMPLE/dhcpd.conf.SAMPLE
- Boot file server settings
- Boot file server IP address
- Boot file server directory and file name (<BOOT_DIR>/kernel.2800 for model 2800 or <BOOT_DIR>/kernel.2200 for model 2200 - replace <BOOT_DIR> by the real boot directory)
- Boot file server protocol
- TFTP - Disabled
- NFS - First choice