| If my client computer only supports RPL instead of PXE, can it work with DRBL ? |
Yes, if your network card is supported by etherboot. The following explains how to use a RPL client in DRBL environment in Debian.
1. Setup a DRBL server with everything ready
2. apt-get install rpld
3. edit /etc/rpld.conf, make it like:
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HOST
{
ethernet = 44:4d:50:00:01:8e; // This is the mac address of the client
FILE
{
path = "/tftpboot/nbi_img/rtl8139.zrom";
load = 0x1000;
};
execute = 0x1006;
};
rtl8139.zrom can be found from http://www.rom-o-matic.org.
If it's not Realtek chipset, replace the right one for your NIC of client.
4. Edit /etc/default/rpld, make it like:
START_RPLD=yes
(actually 4 is not necessary if you manually start rpld)
5. Find the network card connecting to clients, for example, eth1, then start rpld by
/usr/sbin/rpld -i eth1
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