Installing Linux over the network

[Victor Tsaran]

Kerry, but what for? If Redhat supports FTP/HTTP installations? It's really
much easier.
Regards,
Vic

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry at gotss.eu.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: Installing Linux over the network


| You'd use a distribution that can do an nfs install and export the cdrom out
from
| another Linux box. I do this all the time when installing onto the sparc.
| the Sparc's network card is faster than the onboard scsi drive in the thing
:-)
| On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 11:03:08AM -0700, Victor Tsaran wrote:
| > Hello, listers!
| > I sort of read about this, but would like a word of support. I am
attempting
| > to install Linux on a computer that doesn't have CD-Rom but does have a
| > Network card. How would I go about installing Linux from a network CDROM
| > onto that computer?
| > Let's see, if I download Speakup boot disks with network support, how
would
| > I actually configure the card to the right IP and mount the CDROM on the
| > other computer?
| > Regards,
| > Vic
| >
| >
| >
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