Honestly, I'm still confused on how you made all this work, and the website provided gives a lot of info, but no steps. Did you use a special Network card and besides this, what sort of server is it pulling the information from? please advise.
Can you please boot the system enabling bootlog.txt and send me that file? I have the nforce problem with mine, and need to know which drivers need to be loaded before and after aoe32.sys. Thanks.
@Osni01 100mbps could still be good enough to do the job, depends on what you expect. once the OS and usual programs are loaded, network activity is very low. and yes an image file is exclusive per workstation, you can't share it across computers. you won't/can't plug a single hard drive to multiple workstation at a time right?
@pierrele Hmmm so maybe I can make a copy of the disc file for each client and update vblade/gpxe configuration.
I was looking for an alternative where the client would copy the entire disc image and boot it locally (this would happen only when our system is updated, every 1 or 2 weeks). Do you have any suggestions?
Right now I'm using a Norton Ghost image on a shared folder, and a more straight-forward way of doing this would be nice.
@thebigbigdaddy you obviously need a valid license per running desktop. the only thing that change is that the hard drive is not physically present in the desktop.
@pierrele this way one could offer,by some "copy on write" mechanism, some windows or something else which is automatically restored to some state on each and every reboot (as done by some protection cards and special software)
so, i can have a bootable xp installation (hiren's disk) and have that in a .iso format. place it on the main "server" computer and rout the cat(5?) cable to a T10/100/1000 hub/ switch and have +10 pc's all boot without any hard disks!!?
Please can you tell me, can this whole process done without linux support. I want to boot multiple xp from another xp. I think you understand what i want to say!!
that's iSCSI though, not ATAoE + It would still require the gPXE boot PXE. I do agree that the gPXE is simple to use, even for windows-only users though.
No- in theory, you could install Linux or a BSD in a virtual machine, but you may as well go the whole way to Linux to get the benefits of the technology. Its pretty easy to install AoE support in Linux though, especially in Debian, a couple of minutes, much faster than a iSCSI setup, both in setup times and throughput. After basic OS install, it takes me about 3 or 4 minutes for the ATAoE part the server (you don't need specialist hardware for the server, just enough for your all your users
yes of course. you can host several disk images for several workstations on 1 physical disk and continue to run anything like mysql as usual on the host.
yes, it's Linux, there are NO user limits or restrictions on use. Hardware (PC and network infrastructure must be capable of supporting the other concurrent users though, and sharing filing systems concurrently requires cluster-aware filesystems. Basic answer is YES - definitely. Complex answer is YES - how many thousands of user do you need? :)
For home use, it's not a problem, server only "supplies the disk" over the network. You can use the server as well for other things at same time
yes, no problems, I think server 2008 also support install to iSCSI, though this demonstration uses ATAoE, faster in my experience, though layer-2 only ( doesn't work through router)
Its time for a video update. gPXE is a dead project and iPXE is the replacement. ipxe(DOT)org
Not to mention you don't really explain how to do it. You just show off that you've done it.
ralgith 3 weeks ago
great can i use your sever any time : )
Noname7401 3 weeks ago
Honestly, I'm still confused on how you made all this work, and the website provided gives a lot of info, but no steps. Did you use a special Network card and besides this, what sort of server is it pulling the information from? please advise.
thebigbigdaddy 9 months ago
Can I assign different computer name to different PC? or I have to create different image for different PC?
Thanks.
maxchock 1 year ago
its nice can tell me how can u create boot image file in other pc ,
jayavictordaniel 1 year ago
i saw you use a flash drive, why? is it to store gpxe file or what?
do we need to put that flash drive when going to boot a windows?
medonoy 1 year ago
Can you please boot the system enabling bootlog.txt and send me that file? I have the nforce problem with mine, and need to know which drivers need to be loaded before and after aoe32.sys. Thanks.
smartbyte 1 year ago
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smartbyte 1 year ago
Nice video pierrele, thanks!
I was thinking about using gpxe here with 6 clients, but I guess the performance will be sluggish on a 100mbps network, right?
Also, it would be nice to use just one universal image for the clients...
Osni01 1 year ago
@Osni01 100mbps could still be good enough to do the job, depends on what you expect. once the OS and usual programs are loaded, network activity is very low. and yes an image file is exclusive per workstation, you can't share it across computers. you won't/can't plug a single hard drive to multiple workstation at a time right?
pierrele 1 year ago
@pierrele Hmmm so maybe I can make a copy of the disc file for each client and update vblade/gpxe configuration.
I was looking for an alternative where the client would copy the entire disc image and boot it locally (this would happen only when our system is updated, every 1 or 2 weeks). Do you have any suggestions?
Right now I'm using a Norton Ghost image on a shared folder, and a more straight-forward way of doing this would be nice.
Thanks again.
Osni01 1 year ago
how did u do it
sitthanu123 1 year ago
what do you do about windows liscences?
thebigbigdaddy 1 year ago
@thebigbigdaddy you obviously need a valid license per running desktop. the only thing that change is that the hard drive is not physically present in the desktop.
pierrele 1 year ago
ok but how do i make a pxe server so that clients can connect to it?
thenikroks 1 year ago
@thenikroks run vblade
pierrele 1 year ago
@pierrele this way one could offer,by some "copy on write" mechanism, some windows or something else which is automatically restored to some state on each and every reboot (as done by some protection cards and special software)
leeinad 1 year ago
XD ez tetszik meg lehet csinálni Win7-tel is?
Daniel58HUN 1 year ago
@Daniel58HUN Win7 natively supports iSCSI install/boot. i recommend this method since the drivers are builtin.
pierrele 1 year ago
what in the heck are you saying?!
wadafuk86 1 year ago
so, i can have a bootable xp installation (hiren's disk) and have that in a .iso format. place it on the main "server" computer and rout the cat(5?) cable to a T10/100/1000 hub/ switch and have +10 pc's all boot without any hard disks!!?
bmw2go11 1 year ago
@bmw2go11 you'll need 1 disk image per pc, but yes you can run many diskless pc with a single SAN
pierrele 1 year ago
@pierrele thanks, that's nice to know ;D
bmw2go11 1 year ago
Please can you tell me, can this whole process done without linux support. I want to boot multiple xp from another xp. I think you understand what i want to say!!
HiteshNChavda 2 years ago
Sure, there are iSCSI targets available for MS Windows, which you could use.
SUKItm 1 year ago
that's iSCSI though, not ATAoE + It would still require the gPXE boot PXE. I do agree that the gPXE is simple to use, even for windows-only users though.
gordslater 1 year ago
No- in theory, you could install Linux or a BSD in a virtual machine, but you may as well go the whole way to Linux to get the benefits of the technology. Its pretty easy to install AoE support in Linux though, especially in Debian, a couple of minutes, much faster than a iSCSI setup, both in setup times and throughput. After basic OS install, it takes me about 3 or 4 minutes for the ATAoE part the server (you don't need specialist hardware for the server, just enough for your all your users
gordslater 1 year ago
Peter you must improve your ENGLISH
lolokoperro 2 years ago 2
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skakaleec 2 years ago
hi,what software we need to use?how to do it?it is really great
secret8701 2 years ago
that's really neat! While you're using diskless pc, can you still use the other one?
athlon866 2 years ago
yes of course. you can host several disk images for several workstations on 1 physical disk and continue to run anything like mysql as usual on the host.
pierrele 2 years ago
yes, it's Linux, there are NO user limits or restrictions on use. Hardware (PC and network infrastructure must be capable of supporting the other concurrent users though, and sharing filing systems concurrently requires cluster-aware filesystems. Basic answer is YES - definitely. Complex answer is YES - how many thousands of user do you need? :)
For home use, it's not a problem, server only "supplies the disk" over the network. You can use the server as well for other things at same time
gordslater 1 year ago
i am facing problem regarding this topic please solve my problem
kamleshsinghbisht 2 years ago
hi can I do the same thing booting xp from server 2003/8
madspits 2 years ago
yes, no problems, I think server 2008 also support install to iSCSI, though this demonstration uses ATAoE, faster in my experience, though layer-2 only ( doesn't work through router)
ymmv ;)
gordslater 1 year ago
Hello there Great Video i would relely love to do this my self any chance of a tutorial on how to set it up. Once again this is a great video
Steven715715 2 years ago