PXE daemon readme
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This is an implementation of the Intel PXE bootstrap protocol. This protocol is roughtly speaking based upon the bootp protocol, and currently needs the bootp daemon to work.

The bootp daemon can be found on any sunsite.unc mirror, under
/pub/Linux/system/network/boot.net/bootpd-2.4.tar.gz

It is also recommended that you obtain the Intel/Red Hat PXE package. This is because it contains a bootstrap program that interacts with the PXE ROM on the client, and loads the kernel. I don't have enough x86 hardware knowedge to make on of these. However, <plead> if anyone feels up to the task, feel free to contact me </plead>. There is a PXE ROM API spec to make life a little easier.

The Intel/Red Hat PXE package can be found at
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/current/SRPMS/i386/SRPMS/pxe-0.1-20.src.rpm
However this will *only* work on X86 Linux machines.

To install the PXE daemon , please follow the directions in the INSTALL file.


Licence info
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.



Thanks/Contributors
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With thanks to BBC Internet Services, for hardware and support, during the development of this software.



October 24, 2000
Tim Hurman (kano@kano.org.uk)