[wellylug] Installing without a CD drive

[Enkidu]

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 12:53:46 +1300, you wrote:

>I am seeking some guidance here.
>
>I have just acquired a nice little box on the cheap, a Celeron 500, 
>128Mb, 6.4GB HD with built in ethernet and a floppy, but no CD drive.
>This will be my mucking around box. The HD currently has nothing on it.
>
>I am wanting to install linux onto the system and though I could 
>temorarily put a CD drive in it to perform the install I would rather 
>take this opportunity to work out how to install over the network.
>
>I have a 10/100 router which connects to my primary PC running RHL which 
>holds the ISO's.
>
>What do I need to do to get a suitable bootable floppy, connect to the 
>network and then run and install over the network?
>
>So where do I start??
>
If you are not set on using RH, you can install Debian from a couple
of floppies and then expand from there.

If you are set on RH, go to the RH site which has all the manuals
online, including the install ones.

Cheers,

Cliff
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