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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@planete.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Crazy idea... or a new project?
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From: Francisco J Ballesteros <nemo@gsyc.escet.urjc.es>
>
> you only boot twice each time you change your hardware.
> Next time you already have a complete kernel in place.
> 

maybe, but i think you have forgotton a fundemental
design principle:

    no disk, no fan

you _always_ boot across the wire and no you don't
do it like NFS diskless boots.

boot with a generic and then load in the other pieces,
on the fly.

you wouldn't happen to use linux, by chance?