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Build A Cross-Platform Test Network With Samba & GRUB

Posted by Hemos on from the test-it-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This tutorial shows how to combine Samba and GRUB to build a compact, highly adaptable, cross-platform test network, capable of booting and networking a large number of operating systems on a small number of machines. Though Samba and GRUB can manage many different operating systems, this tutorial focuses on Linux and Windows." Reg required on the story.

11 of 97 comments (clear)

  1. Ways to do this by GC · · Score: 4, Informative

    With Grub you still can only really have as many machines up and running concurrently as, well, as you have physical machines.

    VMware allows you to run multiple systems on the same network, with relative ease - although granted it isn't free, but it does run under Linux (and runs Linux as a guest OS)

    I actually have only one dual-boot system on my network, the others are all on their own dedicated operating systems.

    The dual-boot system is capable of running quite a few virtual machines at the same time - Great for testing, and it's possible to transfer virtual disks across the network, or use real partitions.

  2. user/pass for those who don't WANT to register by gatesh8r · · Score: 3, Informative
    username: slashdot1
    password: slash1


    Simple enough.

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  3. Wow, a really clear grub tutorial by nich37ways · · Score: 5, Informative

    For all the good information this tutorial has in it, I am still reading it, the greatest part would have to be the incredibly clear and nicely laid out set of instructions on how to use Grub with different operating systems. Normally I find this information scattered across half a dozen different pages.

    Anyone who actually reads it and finds it useful look hard as there is a pdf link for the entire document, as it is only 72k its a lot easier than waiting for IBM's servers to load each page. A nice touch from IBM I think. Makes life over a slow connection a little easier.

    Cheers gatesh8r for the l/p

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    1. Re:Wow, a really clear grub tutorial by spasm · · Score: 0, Informative

      The direct, registration-free links to the pdf are here:

      letter

      A4

    2. Re:Wow, a really clear grub tutorial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
      Funny :)

      But, actually, the very reason texinfo exists in the first place is so documentation can be printed as well as read on-line (I guess someone decided manpages didn't look good when printed). Thus, when dealing with texinfo, you have 2 options: convert them to info or HTML (on-line format), or convert them to PostScript or PDF (printable format).

      My guess is the reason texinfo documents have so much front and back matter is that when printed out, they're meant to look like actual user manuals, with the obligatory always-ignored front and back matter.

    3. Re:Wow, a really clear grub tutorial by V.+Mole · · Score: 3, Informative

      It pisses me off when the man page says the actual manual is in info and then I run info to get a carbon copy of the man page.

      Install the doc package, or there's something wrong with your info search path. What's happening is that info is looking for the "real" documentation, not finding it, and then "helpfully" loading the man page.

      None of which is to say that info can't be irritating, but when the man page references info doc, there does exist, somewhere, a real info doc that isn't just copy of the man page.

  4. Thin on details, good primer for newbies by gravis_23 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Better documentation on accomplishing dual booting is available at The Linux Documentation Project's site. Kudos to IBM tho for making an effort. :)

  5. Re:Stupid Reg by loconet · · Score: 3, Informative

    I would seriously recommend that you sign up. That IBM account is no junk. Considering that you get access to developerWorks, articles and tutorials which on itself is worth the hassle of registering.

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  6. And much more on the site by That_Dan_Guy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Clicking around found me here:

    http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/

    They have a lot of stuff there. I always found IBM docs more clear and complete than Windows docs. But that may have simply been due to the fact that Windows never came with printed docs to my memory (oo, wait, I do seem to remember something with my win3.1 machine. Yeah, lost it as soon as I found OS/2...)

    Anyways, if all you want are tutorials by IBM:

    http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/views/linu x/ tutorials.jsp

  7. Re:Modifying GRUB from Windows by LiENUS · · Score: 3, Informative

    Explore2fs although there is right support it is not recommended for use sadly
    but if you have a linux install specifically for grub then you could use it

  8. Doesn't work, try njchick/njchick1 by njchick · · Score: 3, Informative

    n/t