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RBoot is a remote boot facility for PC operating systems.
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More specifically, it allows you to set up several PCs so that they fetch
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their operating system from a central UNIX server on boot time.
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By having all the clients use the same boot image, and by storing
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differences in the clients' configuration in separate files, RBoot allows
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the sysadmin to reduce his/her administration efforts from factor N to
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factor 1.
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RBoot requires a UNIX server that is capable of exporting a directory via
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NFS, and that has a bootpd server (for BOOTP). Any recent UNIX should meet
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these criteria. At the moment, RBoot supports only booting the
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Windows 95/98 operating systems, but support for Windows NT 4, Win 3.11
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and DOS/LanManager eventually be added.
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RBoot is freely redistributable under a BSD-style license.
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For more information, see the RBoot homepage at:
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WWW: http://www.bs.ni.schule.de/support/rboot/
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