>===== Original Message From George Richard Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >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.
Don't think so....everything that I've read suggests that the "bootnet.img" should be enough to bring up the network and start the install. > >George >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk >http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk >-------------------------------------------------------------------- Totalise - the Users ISP ---------------------- To become a member and a shareholder visit http://www.totalise.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
