[GRLUG] Installing Linux w/out CD Drive.

[Tom Warren]

You don't say what OS the other computer is running but maybe this guide can
help:

http://hugi.to/blog/archive/2006/12/23/ubuntu-pxe-install-via-windows

Or even better:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-ubuntukubuntuedubuntuxubuntu-without-cdrom-drive.html

Good Luck
Tom
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Tom Warren                               Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
meijer ITS Enterprise Storage      tomewarren at gmail.com


On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:23 AM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org>wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:22:24PM -0500, Jason Kisner wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Adam Tauno Williams <
> > awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 21:51 -0500, Michael Mol wrote:
> > > > Assuming that the machine that has the specs isn't a laptop, what
> > > > stops you from temporarily putting a working CD-ROM drive in it?
> > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Jason Kisner <airplanejay at gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > > > I can't put the linux I want on the computer that has the cd drive.
> > > It's
> > > > > only 256 megs and the OS requires 512. I want to put it on the
> computer
> > > that
> > > > > DOESN'T have a cd drive. That one CAN handle it, since it has a gig
> of
> > > ram.
> > > > > Also, I want the gui. I'm not a cmd prompt person. IS there a way
> to
> > > install
> > > > > it on the other computer WITHOUT a CD or not?
> > >
> > > If you have ethernet in both machines you should be able to do a
> network
> > > install.
> > >
> >
> > ??? How do I do this? I do have ethernet on both... (finally, a solution
> > that doesn't involve a CD ROM)
>
> "Finally?"  Didn't Roberto suggest this very method a couple days ago?
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