any one know how to install linux without cdrom and floppy?

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kuerten · #1 Post by **kuerten** » Thu May 19, 2005 9:39 am

the only thing I have is a X31 and a flash drive.
any method?thx

runixd · #2 Post by **runixd** » Thu May 19, 2005 10:12 am

there are plenty of ways of other ways, this particular may suit you:
http://d-i.pascal.at/

kuerten · #3 Post by **kuerten** » Thu May 19, 2005 11:04 am

thank you very much.

kuerten · #4 Post by **kuerten** » Thu May 19, 2005 4:19 pm

any other suggestions please.

jspsh · #5 Post by **jspsh** » Thu May 19, 2005 4:42 pm

try PXE (booting from ethernet card)

set up a PXE server on another computer and try to install linux from over the ethernet

kuerten · #6 Post by **kuerten** » Thu May 19, 2005 5:04 pm

can you give me more details about PXE please?how to set up it?
thanks.

wingman · #7 Post by **wingman** » Fri May 20, 2005 12:16 am

http://www.stanford.edu/~alfw/PXE-Kicks ... start.html

Kinda old (well Jan 2004, I think) but should get you going. What distro are you trying to install?

kuerten · #8 Post by **kuerten** » Fri May 20, 2005 6:24 am

I am gonna install debian.thank you.

Volker · #9 Post by **Volker** » Fri May 20, 2005 12:19 pm

For the record, boot from flashdrive and install over network also works nicely with Fedora / Redhat. Been there, done that