Re: [Rule-list] Install with no CD or floppy drive

[Michael Fratoni]

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On Thursday 18 April 2002 12:29 pm, Raymundo Baquirin wrote:

> What I did:
> on my desktop machine running Linux,
> (a) mounted slinky-v0.2.0.img as a loop device
> (b) copied vmlinuz and rootfs.gz to the windows partition
> (c) rebooted into Win98
> (d) used Direct Cable Connection to copy the files along with
> loadlin.exe to the laptop (w/c was running Win95), and
> on the laptop, issued the command:
>   loadlin vmlinuz initrd=rootfs.gz root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=1024
> and...got the usual boot messages and the shell prompt!!
>
> My problem now is how to do a network install as this appears not to be
> possible right now with slinky.  Can I do something similar with
> miniconda, then configure networking over the serial link to get at the
> CD on my desktop machine?

A network install should be possible with slinky via ftp or http. You'll 
need the module(s) for your network controller. If you are trying this 
via the serial port, it may require some tweaking to the scripts. 
NFS installs are not handled currently, feel free to modify the scripts 
and send the patches along. :) You could also set up a http or ftp server 
on your linux desktop machine for the install as well.
You can download the modules for the installer kernel from my server. 
http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/rule/slinky/MODULES/

The only place I can think of that you'll have a problem is when the 
installer wants disk2. You'll need to copy the disk2 image to the hard 
drive, and modify the setup.sh script so that it looks in the right place 
and mounts it as a loop device. Or perhaps copy the files as you did with 
the boot disk, and just point the install script at them.

Good luck, and have fun! 

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