The way we've done this with DOS/Win is to maintain a
hardware database keyed on the ethernet address.  We use it
to track what hardware a station has, what it's IP address
should be, default printer, etc.

  If you want to get such info on the fly I think your best
hope would be along the lines of the Intel PXE stuff
("Pre-Execution Environment" see their website, supports
Linux via TFTP last I looked).

  A related tangent; a Canadian company called LANWorks
(since eaten by 3Com) has/had very spiffy bootROMs and a
scheme that would provide a boot menu to select which image
you wanted to load to a machine.  I believe they called it
Multiboot.

  Lotsa luck; depending on the route you take you're in for
"a lot of work" or "the impossible dream" :-)
Steve

Kelly Khoo wrote:
> 
> List:
>      Hi, anyone know or is process of developing a
> project in Linux to detect PC hardware from remote
> station. Actually, I am looking for a posibility to
> remote boot clients (without hard disk) with multi OS
> and hardware configuration from remote Linux server.
> 
>      If anyone know that there is such a project going
> on, kindly provide the information. Thanks.
> 
> -Kelly-
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