Dave wrote: > Hello, > I've got a machine i'd like to put CentOS 4.4 on. Unfortunately > this machine doesn't have a rom in it, just a floppy and a network > card. I was wondering if i could boot it, then have it pick up what it > needs to start the install off the network and do an unattended > install vi nfs? Or, if that's not possible would it be possible to > boot and load CentOS completely from the network bypassing the hard > disk altogether? I don't need x on this box, in fact it doesn't have a > monitor, most of the work it will do will be via ssh, or unattended > stuff. if the system will do a PXE boot from the network and you've got a bootp/dhcp server on the LAN segment you should be able to setup a jumpstart and load the kernel via tftp, then install the system from http or nfs. I haven't done this myself in ages, so I can't be of more assistance