From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 23:24:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 23:24:48 -0400 Received: from [209.38.98.99] ([209.38.98.99]:56539 "EHLO srvr201.castmark.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 23:24:34 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Fred Jackson To: tristan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: installing Linux over a network Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 22:24:42 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: <20010820012137.8E169501DB@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20010820012137.8E169501DB@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01081922244201.01772@bits.linuxball> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I installed RedHat 7.1 using one floppy and a network card. use rawrite and image boot.net to make the floppy. I don't know if It's possible to install rh7.1 in 120MB though. Fred ________________________________ On Sunday 19 August 2001 08:21 pm, tristan wrote: > I havent been able to find a way of installing > Linux slackware or red hat with out using 90 or more > floppies, and i have no cd rom on my 386. Is there > a way to install Linux over a network on such an old machine. > It currently has windows 3.1 and DOS running. And > has one 60 mb hard drive and one 120 mb hard drive. > I have found a small easy to install minix 386 that goes over > DOS so I may just use that to start off, in order to install > a very old linux kernel .01 or .02 > > Tristan > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >