Re: floppyless, network installation -- possible?
>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Delaunay <delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr> writes:
Eric> Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>> Running thru a tftp installation on my new sparc, I realized that
>> either I'm confused (and the documentation too), or you can't
>> install floppyless/cd-less.
>>
>> For instance, sure, you can boot from tftp, but when you try to
>> install the operating system and modules, you'll still need a
>> non-network installation mechanism, either floppy or CD. You can't
>> NFS at this point, nor can you use TFTP to get the kernel and the
>> modules, AFAIK.
Eric> You need to configure the network first. After that, you will be
Eric> given a new "nfs" entry in the list of sources. I agree this
Eric> item could appear in the alternate list of items but in the
Eric> meantime it just could be well documented ;-)
This is so silly. In fact, I documented it last Saturday, so it's
even in the install documentation. So stupid of me!
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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