RE: laptop install without flopy disk

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On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 07:33, Arindam Dey wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 11:26, David L Norris wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 02:37, Arindam Dey wrote:
> > > Just out of curiosity how come nobody suggested network boot or did I
> > > miss a few posts? Given a decent network card pxe boot should be able to
> > > boot up and install provided a properly configured dhcp server is
> > > available on the network without the aid of a floppy or cd.
> > 
> > That's certainly a possibility.  I wasn't sure he had another system
> > available with the required network services.  Probably overkill if he
> > doesn't already have it setup since it requires DHCP, TFTP, and NFS. 
> > However, Fedora Core 1 comes with a nice tool (redhat-config-netboot) to
> > help setup a host for network installations and diskless clients.
> 
> I see. Thanks for pointing out the redhat-config-netboot did not see
> that one. I am still doing everything manually. But ain't that the 
> best.

Yes, that was exactly my point: no other way to boot but hdd. I never
set up a host box with all required network services since i never
needed. Until now. ;)

Thanks for all help guys.

E.




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