On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 08:34:54AM +0530, Suresh
Ramasubramanian wrote:
> +++ Ajay Shankar [linux-india] <02/07/01 08:19 +0530>:
> > Can I copy the Linux installation files on to the HDD and
> > install from there, like you do it in Windows? Presently
> > I'm installing off the PCQ CD.
Yes, very much, and probably with any distro, but definitely
with debian, slackware and SuSE ... yes, RH is mentioned in
the reply from Suresh too ...
>
> Slackware makes it very easy for you - though you can do nfs
> / local partition etc installs of redhat and others as well.
>
> Slackware, however, is the only distro I have seen that asks
> you *where* you want to install from (CDROM, Local hard
> disk, NFS, http etc)
All distros have support for NFS and net installs. Besides
Setup of (Slackware); YasT (SuSE) surely has .... FYI, dselect
(Debian) has nine methods of install, (and if done over the
internet, you can choose from the three concurrent "releases"
of stable, testing or unstable) !
>
> > It would be useful in a situation where the machine
> > doesn't have a CD drive but is networked - so I can copy
> > the installation files on to the HDD alright.
>
Times have changed boy ... you guys will surely miss the fun
of installing a full Slackware distro on a 250 mb partition
from 1.44 mb diskettes ... In those days installation from HDD
was the recommended method (after transportation on floppies!)
since very few individuals could afford a CD drive ! Very few
offices were networked in the early 90s.
> If it is networked, setting up an NFS server for installing
> linux on any machine in your LAN is a good idea.
>
> --suresh
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