Re: fedora install using floppy
From: Don Russell (fedora_at_drussell.dnsalias.com)
Date: 04/30/05
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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:24:50 -0700 To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
bruce wrote:
> hi...
>
> still struggling with this issue..
[snip]
> we imagine the floppy should have what ever allows it to do a basic shell/os
> install. in other words, we shouldn't initially assume that the current
> underlying HD has a valid OS.
Since you have everything set up on an http/ftp server, have you
considered a tftp server to provide the boot image...
If the machines can do a network boot from their bios settings, you
should be able to avoid floppies altogether.
You can supply the ip address address and file name etc in the dhcp
options of your dhcp server.
So, when the pc does a "network boot", one of the first things it will
do is broadcast for a dhcp server... your dhcp server then broadcasts an
address back, and includes the address/file name of the boot image.
(I've simplified the actual dhcp process for sake of this discussion,
but that's it in a nutshell)
Don
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