saurabh das wrote: > > Hi all , > > thanks all for your suggestions regarding > installation of Linux ... but I feel that I might have > put the problem out quite wrongly, basically I was > asking that could I use the CDROM of a running NT > server for installation of Linux , as I told that the > machine on which Linux to be installed doesnt have a > CDROM drive, any way to install Linux on the machine, > the only CDROM drive available is on the NT Server so > I was thinking like windows if one had some sort of > set up program which directly accessed from the > network to run .... I was jus thinking if there was a > way out .... the hunt still is on... ok leave it >
I think people understood your problem alright. I have some _limited_ experience in intalling Linux from remote CDROM drives. Thus, although I've never installed Linux from a CDROM on a Windows machine, I have intalled Linux often when the CDROM was on another _Linux_ machine. The way it is done there is as follows: 1. On the Linux machine with the CDROM drive, arrange to "export" the directory under which the drive is mounted (for example /mnt/cdrom) so that it is visible to other machines on the network. Load the Linux installation CD in the drive and mount it. 2. Use an appropriate boot floppy to bring up the machine on which Linux is to be loaded. I say "appropriate" because the floppy must boot a kernel that allows installation over the network. 3. During the boot process you are prompted to inform the location of the software to be installed. At this point you have to give the IP address of the machine with the CDROM and the name of the exported CDROM directory. After that the installation proceeds as usual. In your case, you have to do the equvalent of step 1 on the NT machine (enable sharing or what?). I don't know how you would bridge the gap between the "drive letter" that NT knows the CDROM by and the remote directory name that Linux expects to be told. - Manas Laha -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
