[CentOS] Linux boot floppy to install over net

[Rodrigo Barbosa]

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On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 11:19:25AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> With all this going on, it seems to me there MUST be a floppy image 
> that will load the minimum shell (including PCMCIA drivers!) and all 
> over-the-net installs (HTTP, FTP, of NFS).
> 
> That would really help on one old notebook I have.
> 
> Oh, and of course this is for CentOS 4.2!

Regardless what other said, it IS possible to acomplish what you want.
Yes, you can't fit the install image on a floppy, but you can still
boot from a floppy, load the image using tftp, and install.

Just get yourself a floppy-based PXE boot, setup a install server,
and you are good to go. I did it a few days ago.

Check http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-sag-en-4/ch-pxe.html

You can get the PXE boot image from
http://grid-it.cnaf.infn.it/index.php?pxefloppy&type=1

Best Regards,

- -- 
Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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