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====== Week 2 ======
=== June - 1 ===
  - Checkout httpfs, may be it can be used to mount file-system from server http://httpfs.sourceforge.net/


== My understanding of HTTP boot with HTTPFS ==
  - Download the Linux kernel with fuse support ( or insert fuse module later )
  - download initramfs with 
     - fuse module
     - httpfs executable
     - Network setup tools and modules script to set root filesystem to the HTTPFS.
  - Boot with this setup.

== My understanding of NFS boot  ==
  - Following the link http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/NFS-Root.html for understanding
     - Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) (CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET) is needed 
     - Correct Ethernet driver (assuming that live-CD will have these things by default )
     - CONFIG_NFS_FS is needed for NFS support
     - Root file system on NFS (CONFIG_ROOT_NFS) --- why? Can't I mount root filesystem from NFS otherwise? and then what I need to do if I want to mount from HTTP? which option to give in that case?
        - Refering http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/Documentation/nfsroot.txt?v=linux-2.6

==== Few useful links ====
  - http://httpfs.sourceforge.net/net_boot.htm

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