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Just a possability question: Shared DVD-ROM via PXE menu...

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    Hunter
    last edited by Oct 26, 2012, 4:59 PM

    I have several computers with just CD-ROM’s (or no optical disc at all). For a while, I was simply using an external DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive (my personal device from home). However, now I’m starting to run out of room (physical room). I’m not a programmer, so I don’t even know where to begin! Would it be possable to share the DVD-ROM drive on the FOG server and have an option to boot from it on the PXE menu??

    For example, I put a disc into the FOG server’s optical drive and from a networked computer I could boot to it.

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      Steve Ropiak
      last edited by Oct 29, 2012, 12:04 PM

      Interesting concept. I’ve never heard of anyone doing this. My gut tells me it’s not possible but maybe someone has a solution for this. How about putting everything on a flash drive that is made bootable?

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        Hunter
        last edited by Oct 30, 2012, 2:04 PM

        I do try to make flash drives bootable via netbootin (sp?), though I have one or two computers that can’t boot from flash drives and I can’t upgrade the BIOS - I can’t find an upgradable BIOS or one isn’t available. I’ve also had a few ISO’s that didn’t work.

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          maltobelli
          last edited by Nov 1, 2012, 8:59 PM

          Perhaps it is possible via the use of iPXE and iSCSI?

          [url]http://lists.ipxe.org/pipermail/ipxe-devel/2011-March/000357.html[/url]

          What size are the DVD’s, would they fit into the target machines RAM/Memory?
          Are they Windows DVD’s? Linux DVD’s?

          If windows then [URL=‘http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1430439.html’]remaps on the tftp server are require[/URL]d, if linux then they can probably be [URL=‘https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowto’]configured to boot over NFS[/URL].

          [URL=‘http://lists.ipxe.org/pipermail/ipxe-devel/2011-March/000357.html’][/URL]

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            Hunter
            last edited by Nov 5, 2012, 5:06 PM

            [quote=“maltobelli, post: 9353, member: 2746”]What size are the DVD’s, would they fit into the target machines RAM/Memory?
            Are they Windows DVD’s? Linux DVD’s?[/quote]

            Some of both, really. Some might even just be software.

            I’ll have to read over those links.

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