Re: [TCLUG:3963] new distribution

[serge@egel2.med.umn.edu (Serge M. Egelman)]

if you choose to use a bootdisk (we plan on mainly using bootable cds), it will
only be one no matter what kind of install you do.

serge

Steve Siegfried wrote:

> RedHat (and mirrors) already lets you do this.
>
> As a test of my cable modem, I tried loading 5.2 to an alternate set of
> partitions by doing an ftp-install from one of the RedHat mirrors.  You
> first need to download and cut two boot disks.  Then, boot using the first
> disk and load the second after booting.  Right up front, you need to answer
> a question like "Are you doing a FTP install and if so, where's the
> archive?"  Once you get the FTP connection set up properly, it's a standard
> (if slightly slower than CD) RedHat install.  Via cable modem, it took a
> little over an hour (in the middle of the night with a close & fast FTP
> mirror).
>
> Serge M. Egelman wrote:
> >
> > hey all,
> >     A friend and I just thought of a really cool idea, we're thinking of
> > making our own distribution.  But we need to do something that hasn't been
> > done yet, and I thought of it:
> > What would you guys think of a distribution that is setup over the web?  You
> > put in a bootdisk (preferably a bootable CDROM), and then launch netscape on
> > another machine on the lan and configure the install from there.  Of course,
> > the machine will output a status type thing to the monitor and other sorts
> > of misc info.  Does anyone think this would work?
> >
> > serge
>
> -S
>
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