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Mulac

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Registered: 2008-02-03

Posts: 29

Install over LAN

Excuse me if posting under wrong subforum,the question is more general oriented:

anyone can point to some good basic tutorial/howto (independent, not specific to any distro) about how to install linux over LAN from one PC with working linux distro to another PC without cdrom and floppy-just over LAN?

Any help appreciated.

Last edited by Mulac (2008-10-21 22:40:02)

filou.linux

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From: Zurich

Registered: 2008-04-17

Posts: 87

Re: Install over LAN

I never really tried it out, but the Knooppix-Livecd provides a PXE Server for the Local network. Just boot knoppix an a pc with cdrom and start the PXE-Server. Start up your cd-less pc and boot into pxe. You'll have a full functional linux-environment running. From there you can install any distro.

Links
PXE FAQ on Knoppix Wiki (also recommended for further reading)
A PXE Wiki
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … her_distro

This could solve your problem as well:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=283021

hope this helps.

Mulac

Member

Registered: 2008-02-03

Posts: 29

Re: Install over LAN

Thank you!