Re: resurrecting old machines

["Mark Wilson and Sharon Farr" <markandsharon csi com>]

Nabeel

You can easily do this. I haven't used the FTP install yet but have used the
NFS install. The FTP install in theory should be quicker. The below is for
RH6.0

To do a ftp/nfs install you need to have the RPM's available on the ftp/nfs
server. Assuming that your server:
  ip address is 192.168.1.1
  has a cdrom
  the directory /mnt/cdrom exists
  you have nfsd or ftpd running/setup.
     If you use NFS the /mnt/cdrom directory will need 777 permissions
     If you use ftp it will have to be set up to allow anonymous logins or a
normal user.
         In either case access to /mnt/cdrom will still be required for
anonymous or that user
  The machine to be installed is networked to the server

Mount the cdrom using "mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom"

Boot the machine to be installed with the floppy that does NFS, FTP or HTTP
installs

Choose NFS, FTP (or HTTP if you have a web server running)

Choose Static IP address (unless you have bootp or dhcp running)

Enter the ip address for the MACHINE TO BE INSTALLED. Alter the netmask if
necessary.
Leave the Default gateway and nameserver blank (Unless you have these set
up)

Enter your name and domain

Your NFS/FTP server name is 192.168.1.1
The red hat directory is /mnt/cdrom

Follow you nose from here!

Mark


----- Original Message -----
From: Nabeel S. Kandah <nkandah ipass net>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 02:47
Subject: resurrecting old machines


>
> I was wondering if someone could give me some pointers in doing some
> very spare installations of redhat on some old machines. These computers
> kicking around in my classroom are 386DX - 40s and two 486 class
> machines with between 4 and 20 MB RAM. They have no working cdroms, so I
> was thinking about ftp installations. I tried it one time, using the
> supplementary disk you need for ftp installation, and I got to the point
> where it asked me for the exact ftp address, but try as I might I
> couldn't deduce the proper ftp directory. Is there an easier way to plop
> redhat on these machines? I have a budding group of students who are
> interested in starting a computer club and they like the idea of
> building a mini network in my classroom with legacy machines. There is
> one working redhat machine in the classroom. Could this be used to
> install redhat on the rest of them?
>
> Thank you advance
>
> Nabeel S. Kandah
> nkandah ipass net
>
>
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