The problem is ... he has no FDD ... unfortunately redhat requires booting from FDD for network install ... but as I mentioned you can boot the slackware install image from within DOS (UMSDOS) using loadlin ... it is exactly the same as booting the slackware kernel + root filesystem from floppy. -- Doug At 10:15 AM 3/16/2003 -0800, you wrote: >The trick with linux is to use a network install... NFS, FTP, HTTP are the >protocols provided with RedHat.. just look for the floppy boot image for >network install. For example, On my server I copied the first install >disk for RH8 into a directory called ~/RH8. Then in the ~/RH8/RedHat/RPMS >directory, I copied the RPMS from the other install disks. Then I used a >floppy with the net install.. and ftp'd to the server and >installed. Pretty slick.. I know Doug recommends this for installing to >the Advantech 5822 board. > >Rick > >At 11:37 AM 3/16/03 -0600, you wrote: >>OK, guys, I've got an old 486 notebook lying around, on which I wish >>to install LINUX. I need some help. It has no CDROM drive, or >>floppy...I need to take out the hard drive to install a new O/S. Not a >>big deal, really...it's easy to get in and out. >> >>Now comes the hard part. With Windows I could easily make the >>drive bootable, copy the install files over, and run SETUP.EXE on >>the laptop itself. I *know* how to do that. >> >>Can I do something similar with LINUX? I'd like the LINUX setup >>routine to auto-detect (I hope) most of the built in hardware, rather >>than having to manually set everything up. >> >>No, I don't have a friend from whom I can borrow a PCMCIA >>CDROM drive..no I don't have a network connection available, etc. >>Just what I've described. >> >>Thanks for any hints, guys...I've done the LINUX thing on my desktops, >>but never on such a limited machine. >> >> -- Chuck Knight >> >>P.S. In case it makes a difference, it's an old Toshiba Portege T3400 > > >-- >Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of >"subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to>Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org >Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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