On 14 March 2011 01:47, Mark LaPierre <marklap...@aol.com> wrote: > On 03/13/2011 09:36 PM, Aaron Gray wrote: > > Since these HP ProLiant DL150's dont have CD's, I need to do a PXE > > instillation from another Fedora box. > > > > Does anyone have a link to proper instructions on how to do this. I have > > looked at quite a few instructions but non that outline the Fedora files > > necessary to be put under /tftpboot on the server. > > > > Also it says on the ProLiant documentation that you only need tfpd and > > bootp and not full DHCP ? > > > > Any advice welcome, particularly if you have done a PXE instillation of > > Fedora. > > > > Many thanks in advance, > > > > Aaron > > > Hey Aaron, > > You might not have to use PXE to do a remote install. > > I used to mount a copy of the install .iso file using loopback and then > share it out using NFS. Then all you need to do is boot up the target > system with a network install image, on a USB key, floppy disk, etc... > > When the installer asks for the location of the install media give it > the network address of the .iso image on the NFS server. > > I had several different distributions set up on my FTP server. My > friend would come over and plug into my network and install whatever > flavor he wanted on his laptop that lacked a CD/DVD drive the same way > you have no drive. >
Ah right, if the ProLiant has DL140 has a USB drive option then that will be great, many thanks, Aaron > °v° > /(_)\ > ^ ^ Mark LaPierre > Registerd Linux user No #267004 > www.counter.li.org > **** > In a free world without fences, who needs gates. > ** > Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today. > ** > To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it. > To mess up an MS Windows box, you just need to *look* at it. > ** > learn linux: > 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html > 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ > 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html > 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ > **** > -- > Signature shamelessly copied from: > Jatin Khatri & geleem > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >
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