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GOG
05-15-2001, 11:59 AM
A hypothetical question.

I have a machine in another state. No diskette drive. No CD-ROM drive. I want to use as a testing ground for linux for people.
I need to install the OS from remote after each use. How would I set it up?

GOG
05-15-2001, 12:07 PM
More Info
The systems we use do have PXE support

-sureshot-
05-15-2001, 12:11 PM
it can be done with a serial cable (i know freebsd can be, at least), but i'm pretty sure you need at least a floppy drive...you need some way to get a boot kernel onto the computer.

<edit> its in another STATE? do you have know anyone with physical access to the computer?

also, if i were designing an OS, i wouldn't want my OS to be installed that way...

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