[KLUG Members] little game of remote installing

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > well, we want to get Linux on these machines, but here are the rules: 
> > 1: No CD-ROM drives
> > 2: no floppy drives
> > 3: must dualboot with windows xpee
> > 4: might have to be installed off of a Windows 2000 Remote Installation 
> > Server
> > 5: only one drive in each machine.
> Installation options for installing Rhat abound.  I've never tried them
> all but I have tried cdrom, nfs and ftp.  Network install methods

Easiest remote install method is via http. 

> usually require a floppy in the machine to get the install started.  So
> if you have a couple to carry from machine to machine, you could open
> them up and install two at a time.  NFS install was a bit easier when it
> was one cd.  Ever since RH was two cd's, it was required to copy the
> CD's onto a hard drive, and then share that directory via nfs or ftp. 

Or http.

> If I remember right, smb install is available as well.  Can someone
> confirm that for me.

It was at some point, I don't know if it is current.  Anyone?

> > what distro should I use? Red Hat or SuSE? Obviously, I'm a fan of 
> > SuSE, but if Red Hat is the better choice here, then that's the way 
> > I'll go	

Look at the RedHat kickstart documentation,  it is for mass installing
over a network.  RedHat works with PXE.