How to Boot a Diskless Client

1. Verify the following prerequisites on the OS server:

   • Confirm that the name service used to add the diskless client and the OS services matches the primary name in the server's /etc/nsswitch.conf file.

     Otherwise, the diskless client won't boot.

   • Confirm that the rpc.bootparamd daemon is running. If it is not running, start it.

2. Boot the diskless client.

   ok boot net