[CentOS] Install CentOS over FTP

Fri Aug 17 16:52:37 UTC 2007
Mário Gamito <gamito at gmail.com>

Hi,

Thank you for your answer.

Luciano Rocha wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 05:18:15PM +0100, Mário Gamito wrote:
>>  Hi,
>>
>>  Sorry for the newbie question, I've been searching the CentOS site and 
>>  googled, but I couldn't find an answer (probably my bad).
>>
>>  I want to install CentOS 4.5, but I'm having troubles with my CD reader.
>>
>>  How can I install it from an FTP server ?
> 
> If you already have a linux system, use LILO or Grub to boot the initrd
> and vmlinuz:
> ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/isolinux/vmlinuz
> ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/isolinux/initrd.img
> 
> No special boot arguments are required. The initrd should prompt you the
> method for installation and then you specify the ftp install.
Problem is my CD is unusable :(


> If you don't have linux already installed, but have Win9x or DOS, use
> loadlin to boot.
I can't install any Linux on the computer or DOS/Win Whatsoever :(

> Otherwise, use an USB boot pen.
It's a P-III :(

> Or try the smaller boot.iso, that may work better with your reader:
> ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/images/boot.iso
I'll try and see if my CD handles such a small file.

Thanks,
-- 
:wq! Mário Gamito