left_coast <void@void.not>:
> tech11 wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone
> >
> > I have one machine with neither cdrom driver nor OS, how should I set up
> > linux on it? If there's one windows os, I may copy the ISO files into and
> > install from H.D, but I don't have. If I set up one network installing
> > server, and install from network, I need to run from cdrom firstly. I
> > remember it's possible to setup one nfs installing server and then boot
> > the machine from network to set up operating system, does linux do this?
> > I'm using red hat. Thanks for your help!
>
> If you have a floppy drive, some distros, like Mandriva, have images that
> can boot from floppy then install from one of the distros mirrors over the
> internet or off your network installing server.

fwiw, ditto debian.


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