Doug Alcorn wrote: > Staff Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've setup RARP and TFTP service on the network. > > You should be able to boot off the network. However, it appears > > that Debian defaults to using the on-board video if it finds it (yours > > has one built in that can't be removed), and thus won't use the actual > > console device (serial port). I took the liberty of also downloading the
I think it will default to the serial port if it doesn't find a keyboard, so unplug the keyboard before turning your machine on. > > Now, I currently have the RARP/TFTP server setup to feed your machines the > > Debian, > > boot image. But like I said, I don't think that'll work (it didn't on two > > test > > machines I tried). I recommend redhat (largely because it worked on my > > test). > > The Debian boots that didn't work forced me to go power cycle the machine-- > > it wouldn't even respond to BREAK's (CTRL-\ b). But you're welcome to try. I used the Debian installation guide and another FAQ doc (I don't remember which exactly) to set RARP/TFTP to boot my IPCs for installation. It took a little work to figure out the MAC addresses and the ftpt configuration, but eventually the instructions in the doc were sufficient to get it going. -- Rafael
