Hi Saurav, there is an option of installing linux from an ftp location ( at least there used to be one in rh 5.2 ) . you can include the cdrom dirve in the path of the windows nt ftp server. for this you have to boot from an installation floppy.
you can try that Sourangshu On Thu, 16 May 2002, saurabh das wrote: > Hi all , > > I think the VNC has an exhaustive manual with screen > dumps ...as last seen .... have you downloaded that > ...ooooops I am sorry I havent tried VNC across > platform .. but the manual has something I know ... > > Now my query .... suppose one would like to install > Linux on a Machine which does not have a Cd rom drive > .... say the mahcine is on a windowz network .. where > the only Cd ROm drive available is on the NT Server > ... how can one install Linux on the the machine... I > just could nt figure out ... ANY SUGGESTIONS ..... > because windowz application can run if you dbl click > the setup !!!! whats to be done here ..... > > its damn hot in Cal ..... Phew !!!!!!!!!!! > and calcutta folks dont eat outside .... Antrik..and > Jaundice on the prowl !!! that was just some gyan > ..coz I cant live without JUNK FOOD ..lolz > > cheers > > Saurabh > > > --- Goutam Baul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to thank everyone who tried to help me. > > I was trying to run > > application like netscape of a linux box from a > > windows PC. I understood > > that I need to run X Server on my windows box. But I > > found no X Server that > > is open source. So I turned towards VNC. I have > > installed winVNC in my > > windows machine and at this moment the viewer and > > the server both are > > running !!! (shows my level of confusion !!). Now > > what do I do ? I also > > tried to install the VNC on the linux box. the > > vncserver command executed > > properly. After that when I tried to use my windows > > box to access the linux > > machine by using the vns viewer it only displays a > > character terminal. I > > cannot get the X terminal. > > > > Please help me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Goutam Baul > > Corporate Information Systems > > Phone : 236 5470 > > 225 6040 (Extn. 691) > > Fax : 225 1581 > > Website : www.cescltd.com > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with the body > > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sourangshu Bhattacharya M.Tech. Computer Science, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
