[Nottingham] Linux Media PC

[Michael]

Matt wrote:
> MQ> Anyway, I wasn't prepared to pay £60 plus per nic to equip my home 
> MQ> network with this feature, so I looked elsewhere. eBay can be your 
> MQ> friend. It took a little while and I ended up with second-hand cards of 
> MQ> dubious history but I haven't had any problems yet.
> 
> Ah yes, it hadn't occurred to me to look for 2nd hand ones.  Thanks.
> 
> MQ> To understand some of the issues surrounding pxe, have a look at
> MQ> http://syslinux.zytor.com/ the homepage of the syslinux project.
> MQ> This incorporates pxelinux (amongst others) which is basically
> MQ> your pxe bootloader.
> 
> Looks useful. I spent a while reading around etherboot and GRUB and
> have been on a sharp learning curve the last couple of days. But as
> you said, it's fun. There's something vaguely mystical about the
> machine booting without having anything installed on it :)

You could save yourself time and money by buying a cheap motherboard 
with PXE capable onboard LAN. A Via Epia 5000 is only £65!