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Re: debian on an NAS server



On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 09:29 -0800, Tom Brown wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We aquired a powervault 715N NAS server. It is running some form of windows 
> (most likely w2k). I don't have the manuals or an install disk. It doesn't 
> have a floppy or a cdrom. I'd like to install debian on it and make it a 
> samba server for the company. All it has is a serial port, two ethernet ports 
> and four hard drives. Any ideas on how I'd get debian installed on it?

Does it send console to the Serial ports? Does it support PXE or Bootp
style of net-booting?

If it does, then all you need is a proper bootp and tftpd server for it
to boot from the network.
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