Hello H�kan, hello Richard, hello all,
> On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, H�kan Larsson wrote about, Install Linux from
> ftp-server... not work??: > Hello. > > I am trying to install linux on a
> computer how do not have any cd-rom reader. > I have the RH6.0 disk on a
> ftp-server RH6.0 and try to install over my > network. > > I can se the
> transfering via "tcpdump" on the ftp-server but all stops after > the
> "stage2.img" is loaded in to the installing maskin. And then the hole > thing
> just stoped. I still se the text "Loading second stage ramdisk. . ." > after
> the loading is finished. > > What do I do wrong??
In my experience, the Debian distribution is one of the simplest to be
installed via FTP. You have to download either some files to put onto a DOS
partition on the harddisk or some diskette images. With them, you can set up
a minimal Linux system that is able to fetch all additional packages via FTP.
It worked like a charm. This way, I set up our printserver, which is an old
386 with only a small harddisk and a diskette drive.
www.debian.org should have all necessary information.
Cheers
Gerd
