Re: [LI] installing over network

["Shourya Sarcar" <sarcar@xxxxxxxx>]

And make sure the motherboard supports bootable CDROMs.
Older motherboards dont.. so you could be in for an unpleasant surprise..
even if after having fixed the CD to ya comp.

Live and let Linux
Shourya
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To: linux india <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 5:10 PM
Subject: RE: [LI] installing over network


> Yeah but the pain is that the other guy has to have a linux on his box.
> And if he doesn't then we have a fix.
> Just listen to me. You'll think I'm crazy, but we have done it many times
> So much so that we have now permanently taken the Cd -drive out!BANG.
> It hits you, but
> you can easily take the Cdrom Drive out(ie: if nothing else works) and
> attach to your PC. It's very easy. Open the Box, There are only two buses
> to the CD take them out and take the Drive to your PC attach the same
> buses in your Box. (Only the right Buses shall fit, so dont worry about
> the right or wrong ones). Be ready with the bootable cdrom and voila! You
> are underway installing your RH.
> This might seem like a mammoth task or very risky. BUT BELIEVE ME ITS EASY
> Of-course Switch off the power before doing so........
>
> Try what you think is best.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Milind Lele wrote:
>
> > > my pc in office does not have a cd drive. but the person sitting next
to
> > > me
> > > has a cd drive. how can i install linux from his cd drive. never had
this
> > > problem at home so this is a grey area :)
> > >
> > 1. The machine with CD drive should have either an FTP server or NFS
> > 2. Your machine should have a floppy drive
> >
> > Now create a boot disk using bootnet.img and boot your machine. When it
asks
> > for source, specify FTP or NFS as per the case.
> >
> > HTH
> > Milind
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