On Wed, January 19, 2005 12:44 pm, Nick Rout said: > > 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]> > > Unless you're doing this as a learning curve, I'd take out the DVD, install it in the target machine, and then use it locally. No need to download megs at all then.
$0.02, Steve -- Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
