on 9/9/01 8:52 AM, Stew Benedict at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Sean Fay wrote:
>
>> I tried the network install but when I tried to boot to the install-net or
>> install-text-net it says not found looking for image. When I try just the
>> normal install-atyfb it tells me no net device configure or something ...
>> any suggestions?
>>
>
> A little more confusion, the "net*" options at boot kick off the complete
> install via net - both stage1 and stage2. To setup stage1 net install,
> you need to setup a tftp server that will offer up the kernel and the
> stage1 image when the machine boots and asks for an IP addess via bootp..
> It's not terribly useful to boot this way from the CD, but was more
> included if you were going to put the CD in another machine and boot the
> Mac using the "N" key.
>
> You can also goto network install at stage2, after you are offered the
> choice of "CD", "Hard Drive", "FTP", "HTTP" or "NFS". At that point, if
> you choose any of the last three, stage1 tries to probe the network
> adapter then offers a list of modules. On the Macs, they are generally
> bmac, gmac, or mace (bmac on both my machines), so try one of these, and
> then the install will proceed if it loads, asking for network information.
>
> HTH,
> Stew Benedict
N key?
