[Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes

[James]

Thanks Devon,
    My worry was the need for a special directory structure/name... 

James


On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:58:57 -0500
Devon <devon at tuxfan.homeip.net> wrote and hopefully I read right:

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> On Tuesday 26 March 2002 09:22 pm, James wrote:
> >
> > > Progress report:
> > > Slinky (my test version) is now capable of doing (local
network -
> > > dialup isn't available) http and ftp installs. The user has to
get
> > > the network up and configured before running the script, but
the
> > > tools are available, and it isn't overly difficult. On my
machine, it
> > > consists of saying: insmod
> > > /mnt/floppy/modules/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o
> > > ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.7
> >
> > DEVON RULES!!
> >
> >   Ok now that that's outa the way.  I should be back umoung the
normal
> > in a day or two.  At that time I'll immediately try this out
with those
> > notebooks I have.  PS where do you point a linux install for ftp
> > install?  Never done it with linux only BSD.
> 
> Any server from which you can download the rpms. Any of the mirror
sites 
> should do. You want the rpms from the initial release, not
updates. (The 
> file names are those included on the official Red Hat disks) 
> What I have done for testing is created a directory on my own
server, put 
> all the needed rpms there, and pointed the installer at that.
Works like 
> a charm. For testing, you can run a server on your network, and
point at 
> that. It should be much faster.
> 
> Briefly, the needed PRE-install commands should be something like:
> 
> (copy the module needed by your network device from my server, and
copy 
> it to a floppy.) 
> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> insmod /mnt/floppy/module_name
> ifconfig eth0 {IP address} netmask {mine is 255.255.255.0}
> route add default gw {address of the network gateway}
> Ping the server by IP address, to be sure you can connect.
> (You could create an /etc/hosts file as well, I suppose, and use 
> hostnames.)
> cd /scripts/
> ./setup.sh
> Give the requested info at the prompts.
> 
> The installer, if all goes well, will handle the dirty work.
> 
> Good luck, and anyone trying this, please let me know of any
difficulty.
> 
> Images will be available in a few minutes.
> 
> - -D
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