On Friday 01 February 2002 1:01 pm, Mark Hannah wrote: > I think I have figured out how to do an install of Linux over a network > uding FTP. > > I have a machine running an FTP server which has the home directory > "user-anonymous" set to the root of the cd-rom. > > I have used rawrite to copy the file "netboot.img" from the red hat cd-rom > to a floppy. > > When I insert the floppy into the target machine and boot from it, I get > the usual "Welcome to Red-Hat Linux" screen. However, when I press return > at the "boot:" prompt, I get the following message :- > > Loading initrd.img... > Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue > > What is the "initrd.img"? Where do I get it, and where do I put it? > > Any ideas?
A 2 disk install? The boot disk, and then the install disk for ftp / nfs / smb / hard drive / cd install? It sounds like the netboot img is disk 2 of two. George -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
