Re: Vision of new installation method using webserver

1997-06-30 Thread Bruce Perens
No, we don't have perl on the rescue disk. However really tiny servers that handle CGI are probably possible. Bruice -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -

Re: Vision of new installation method using webserver

1997-06-30 Thread Jim Pick
Sounds slick. It wouldn't be too hard to do. It would be slick to have some more network smarts (like DHCP, and dialup to an ISP) on the boot disks (or some variant thereof). As for configuration via the web - check out the GPL'd Java telnet applet I've got installed on my webserver (http://ww

Re: Vision of new installation method using webserver

1997-06-30 Thread Tim Sailer
In your email to me, Christoph Lameter, you wrote: > > Since we were talking about including a web-server in the base system here > some thoughts. > > I often maintain headless servers. I always have to attach a screen for > the initial install or if something is seriously wrong with the machine.