I can't seem to find a way to boot the system using a boot floppy and then switch over to the installation CD's.
Has anyone out there managed to load CentOS on a system that can't boot from the CDROM?
Charles L. Sliger, Information Systems Engineer, chaz@bctonline.com
"No matter where you go, there you are..."
Charles Sliger wrote:
I can’t seem to find a way to boot the system using a boot floppy and then switch over to the installation CD’s.
Has anyone out there managed to load CentOS on a system that can’t boot from the CDROM?
yes, hundreds of machines, installed over the network using pxe to get the installer going, and then http:// based installs.
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Karanbir Singh Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 11:06 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install Problem: No CDROM Boot in BIOS
Charles Sliger wrote:
I can't seem to find a way to boot the system using a boot floppy and then switch over to the installation CD's.
Has anyone out there managed to load CentOS on a system that can't boot from the CDROM?
yes, hundreds of machines, installed over the network using pxe to get the installer going, and then http:// based installs.
-- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq _______________________________________________
[chaz> ] Karanbir, This sounds like it might work. Can you give more information or point me to some documentation?
Charles L. Sliger, Information Systems Engineer, chaz@bctonline.com "No matter where you go, there you are..."
Charles Sliger wrote:
Has anyone out there managed to load CentOS on a system that can't boot from the CDROM?
yes, hundreds of machines, installed over the network using pxe to get the installer going, and then http:// based installs.
-- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq _______________________________________________
[chaz> ] Karanbir, This sounds like it might work. Can you give more information or point me to some documentation?
http://www.owlriver.com/tips/pxe-install/ to get you started, and lots of docs at http://www.centos.org/docs/
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