[haiku] Setting up Haiku to book Haiku through PXE
- From: Olivier Coursiere <olivier.coursiere@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:14:50 +0100
Hi,
While it is already possible to serve haiku image with
remote_disk_server, it is still necessary to include a third party OS to
setup a complete solution to boot Haiku through PXE. The two missing
pieces are a DHCP and a TFTP server.
Until now !
I was lurking for a solution for a long time, and i finally found
dnsmasq (http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html). It is a
"lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server".
It also include a TFTP server.
I have started a port to Haiku and here is a preliminary package :
http://olivier.coursiere.free.fr/download/dnsmasq-2.46_haiku.zip. Only
the DHCP and the TFTP servers were somewhat tested.
Maybe, we could include this tool in the Haiku source tree one day, as
it could be the basis of a usefull tool for booths and install party in
the futur : with an easy to use GUI and maybe some change in
remote_disk_server to serve many machines at the same time, we could
setup an install server machine. Then, end users could test, install and
enjoy Haiku in a few minutes on their own hardware. On supported
hardware, it could be a better user experience than a live CD.
Olivier
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