Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:31:49 +0300 From: Andris.Saukums@seb.lv To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> Subject: Re: Semi FreeBSD Related Fedora Linux Question Message-ID: <OF6BD5F39F.BC11391F-ONC22571B7.00239471-C22571B7.0023DFA8@unibanka.lv> In-Reply-To: <200607260440.k6Q4ehBX002569@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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If you have a working CD-ROM device, then you would be better off with a little bootloader: http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/about.html it fits on a floppy and the usage is straight-forward! Andris :) > I have a situation where I need to install Fedora Linux on a computer > however the CDROM drive is not bootable (old SCSI cdrom drive and an old > Adaptec 1542 controller which does not support CDROM boot) and as Fedora no > longer supports floppy installs as FreeBSD does, I'm left with the > possibility of a network install. Anyhow I had the idea today, while > walking my dog, to use one of the FreeBSD systems on my network as a Red > Hat kickstart server. It should work, shouldn't it? Red Hat kickstart is > just a bootp server with a TFTP server to boot the kernel and an NFS server > to install off of, just like a Solaris Jumpstart server would. If I put all > the right bits and pieces in the right places, one of my FreeBSD systems > should be able to serve as a Red Hat Linux kickstart server, or so I would > think. Has anyone done this before? > > I suppose for that matter a FreeBSD system could even serve as a Solaris > Jumpstart server. All the proprietary bits and pieces are served over the > network via NFS while the client executes any proprietary code. A Red Hat > kickstart server would work similarly so this should work, at least in > theory, in both cases. > > > > -- > Cheers, > Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> > FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org > > e**(i*pi)+1=0 > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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