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On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 21:05 +0200, Rene Zbinden wrote: |
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> I want to install a server without a cdrom and floppy. it supports pxe |
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> booting. |
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> so i am trying to boot with the diskless gide and then install the |
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> system from there. |
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> maybe there is an easier method? |
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Another springs to mind, although I don't know whether you would |
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consider it to be easier. You could prepare an installation (up to |
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stage3) on another computer then either: |
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a) Remove the hard disk and temporarily plug it into the destination |
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server. Boot from it, then copy the contents to the destination |
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disks/filesystems. Of course, you can prepare your |
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volumes/filesystems/RAID schema as you wish prior to the copy, if you |
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have installed the necessary tools prior. |
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b) Assuming that the target server only has one hard disk, use that hard |
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disk in the other computer during the install phase. Then simply move |
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the hard disk back to the target server afterwards. |
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Of course, there are other considerations (e.g. if you use -march, do |
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both computers support it, making sure you don't screw up the kernel |
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etc). Nonetheless, I thought it was worthy of mention. |
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Regards, |
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--Kerin Francis MIllar |
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