You can copy the boot info to floppy disks, then change the boot medium
to ftp. Then, mount your CDROM in another computer on the network and
allow ftp access to get the linux files.
This is kinda complicated, but I did it with SuSE 6.0.
eMail me directly & I'll help you walk through the details.
On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 07:47:29 -0400, Billingham, Jason wrote:
>Dear list,
>Just a question out of curiosity. I have 2 486 computers with ample speed
>and memory to run Linux. However, no CD-ROM drive and I only have Linux
>Slak on CD. What do I have to do, to install a minimal system, with enough
>capablility for at least telnet, text editing..etc etc.
>
>Thanks if you can help, and Thanks for trying if you can't.
>
>Mephis (Jay)
>
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