Apart from rewriting the /linuxrc script (already fairly messy) a simple 
solution for people without PXE NIC's or non compatible BIOS would be to use
a PXE stacks on a floppy.
One is freely available at:
http://www.argontechnology.ca/rbfg/index.shtml
I have not tested that but it should work with the pxe setup described in the 
Bering user's guide
Jacques

Le Jeudi 19 Juin 2003 18:11, Mike Noyes a écrit :
> On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 01:52, Erich Titl wrote:
> > I was wondering if we could do some kind of hybrid set up which would
> > fetch packages from a server (whatever method) after booting from floppy.
> > I believe it should be possible to start a minimal LEAF installation, get
> > up the NIC's and then load the big packages from the network. This would
> > be beneficial for people wit NIC's without PXE and/or PCMCIA adapters.
>
> Discussion moved from: leaf-user
> Previous subject: Re: [leaf-user] Booting and installing Bering using
> PXE


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