Network Install

acdc · 09-24-2003, 10:10 PM

Hi there. I have a server running redhat linux 8.0 on which I have dumped the contents of the install CDsand vsftpd is the FTP server. I want to install this on the client machines on the network. The problem is that none of the clients have floppy drives or CDROM drives, is there any way to do such an install without these drives.

Any help will be useful.

Regards

windowsrefund · 09-25-2003, 11:38 AM

I guess the reason that this thread has no replies is due to the rarity of a situation like this. Although I don't have experience with booting off the network card (PXE?), I'll point you over to http://ltsp.org in hopes that you'll find some helpful information over there about the process. Of course, those client machines would have to have cards that could perform this function.

Adam Kosmin

linuxmankev · 01-29-2004, 06:07 AM

I've written a complete howto on this at:

PXE/TFTP Diskless Install Howto

I know this answers an old post, but hope it provides some useful information for those looking to set something like this up