Miroslav Skoric wrote:
> John Aldrich wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 09 Sep 2000, Jake McHenry wrote:
> > > I just got my new linux box and am eager to get things rolling. I was following
> > > the list the past few days about installing without a cdrom drive. I have the
> > > same problem. I've worked with linux for about 3 years now, and this is the
> > > first time I'm installing other than with the actual cd. I saw in the list that
> > > I can put in the cd and ftp from the installing machine. I have my ftp client up
> > > and running and pointing at my cdrom drive, *note the machine with cd is win98*,
> > > and can ftp in and see cd. Now my question is, something else I've never done is
> > > boot from floppy, do I just boot from floppy and ftp to the win box? If that's
> > > it, how do I start the install program? Sorry if this is an easy one. And please
> > > get back to me soon, I want to get this thing running!.
> > >
> > I'm not sure you can do that with a Win98 box, unless
> > you're using an FTP server software on the Win98 box. Try
> > downloading a shareware FTP client and see if you can get
> > it up and running on the Windows machine. If that works,
> > make the Network Install disk (there should be a disk image
> > and a dos util to create the floppy) and select "FTP
> > install." Should work fine as long as you permit FTP into
> > your Windows box.
>
> Recently I installed RH 6.2 on a computer without CD drive and having
> already Win98 on it. RH manuals said that was needed to *copy* RH CD
> onto a Win98 folder, from where the installation program will get files.
> Of course, Linux boot diskettes were needed to start the install
> program. When finished, I got dual-boot system Win98/Linux.
>
> Well, my hard disks are not big, so on the other similar machine with
> Win98 already installed, I plan to remove Win98 partition at first.
> After doing that, there won't be a partition to copy RH CD to. So, I
> wonder how to install RH 6.2 on a machine without both CD drive and no
> operating system installed. I think once I read about the network
> installation from the other machine running Linux (but also w/o CD)?
>
> Misko
Misko-
You can indeed do an install via nework as long as you have a computer that has access
to the files(cd, remote mount, hard drive).
The computer to be installed needs a floppy and you will have to make an
installation/boot disk from the distribution files. check out the installation guide
on the cd or online at redhats site.
http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/RHL-6.2-Manual/install-guide/ch-mockup-before-begin.html#S2-MOCKUP-BEFORE-BEGIN-INSTALL-TYPE
You will need to build the installation disk from the boot-net.img file. The
Installation guide does a pretty good job of explaining the various options.
Bret
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