On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:36:46 +1300 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:19:49 +1300 > Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You'd still have to boot the empty box somehow with something, I'm a bit > > unsure here but a CD will be a lot easier than a few floppies... Booting > > from CD1 will be sufficient in any case. > > on the suse mirrors there is a minimal install iso that is bootable, and > will allow you to install over the network using a number of protocols > (ftp,http,nfs, maybe samba? as indicated by my previous email) > > > here is a local copy: > > http://linux.jetstreamgames.co.nz/suse/i386/9.2/iso/SUSE-Linux-9.2-mini-installation.iso > > 64MB come to think of it i am not sure that is the right iso. previously in 9.1 there was a "boot.iso" in the boot dir that was about 23M that did what i describe. eg http://linux.jetstreamgames.co.nz/suse/i386/9.1/boot/boot.iso as the jetstreamgames site's 9.2 mirror is incomplete i cannot quickly compare 9.1 to 9.2 > > so you would > > 1.set up the OS on the machine with the dvd drive > 2. decide which protocol to use (ftp, nfs, http, etc) > 3. set up the appropriate server to serve the contents of the mounted > dvd drive > 4. boot the other machines with the mini-installation cd > 5. when asked, point it at the dvd machine > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
