Ooooohhhh.... etherboot install sounds much much nicer. Half the machines (the ones with onboard network) tell me to press F12 to boot from network, that'll make install easier/faster.
I'll probably do some kind of etherboot ghost restore setup thing once I get the first few done - should save a lot of time. At least 20 machines are going to be setup as identical terminals, I may stick with LTSP or do something custom since they're gonna be windows terminals at this stage. As far as F10 goes, I did download a copy, but it wanted to upgrade and couldn't find a partition to upgrade to. On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:53:16 +1200, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sorry this is my third response to sasha, i should have been more > complete the first time. > > 1. you can actually download the f10 setup and put it on a floppy. the > compaq/hp has been redone so many times that it may be hard to find. > > 2. once you boot from the ipcop boot floppy you are not restricted to a > network install, you can do the rest of the install from cd if you have > one. I just never do, so forgot. > > in fact i don't even make a floppy now, i etherboot the install kernel > and root.gz from my tftp server and do the whole thing like that. never > write a cd either, trransfer the files from a loop mount of the iso. > > > > > On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:38:11 +1200 > Sascha Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > > > I've just laid my hands on a rather large number of Deskpro 2000's and > > a few 4000's. Unfortunately the Compaq F10 setup utility which resides > > on the hard drive has been erased on all the ones I've checked so far, > > and the onboard "bios" does a simple fallback to boot from the floppy, > > or first hard drive. > > > > So basically I can't boot from CD, so I can't install IPcop. I'm after > > a bootfloppy that will basically force a cd boot, or an ipcop install > > floppy if they exist (I've got the ipcop 1.4.0b9 iso) can anyone help? > > > > ps. Once I've figured out how to install linux on these puppies > > they're up for sale. I'll post some more details when I know they're > > actually working :) > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Sascha > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- Regards, Sascha
