[K12OSN] 4.2.0 beta #2

[norbert]

les at futuresource.com wrote:

>On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 11:28, Eric Harrison wrote:
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>>If you are doing a network install, and are using the first CD to
>>boot from, then you can use the 4.2.0 beta 1 disc1 or a stock FC3
>>disc 1 to boot.
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>I guess the kernel has become so bloated that they've given up on
>floppy booting completely.  Downloading to an NFS-exported directory
>and burning only the first CD which you boot with 'linux askmethod'
>at the boot prompt is probably the easiest approach.  However there
>are still some alternatives.  If you have a small USB flash drive
>and your server will boot from USB there is a 6+meg image that you
>can use.  You have to copy this in image mode so it will wipe out
>anything already on the flash though.  If you happen to have an
>old compact flash (etc.) that came with a camera and is now too
>small to consider using, it will work for this with a matching
>USB adapter.
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>There is also a pxe-bootable install kernel that shouldn't be too
>hard to glue into the ltsp framework.  You can get to these without
>burning the CD by mounting the first .iso file somewhere with the
>'-o loop' option in the mount command.
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>---
>   Les Mikesell
>    les at futuresource.com
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Hi Les,

Thanks, but I'll download the CDs since I want to try it on a couple of 
different test machines.

norbert
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