> On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Brian Rice wrote:
>
> > > Was there EVER a time in which netbooting was suggested OVER prom booting
> > > for some centralized admin reasons?
> >
> > No, that would be silly, one power outage and no more config. :-)
Hows that? Wouldn't it simply grab the OS from the tftp server every time
it booted? Seems like an easy way to make sure you have all your devices
in sync with the latest OS...just reboot them to upgrade.
> What about other ISP product brands that net boot? Are they doing it for
> backup or emergency purposes, or ..... Nevermind,,, its off topic.
>From what I've seen, just for upgrade/recovery purposes....though don't X
terminals do this sort of thing on every boot?
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