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From: Joe LaVigne
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Network Install of Ubuntu?
Date: 2 Mar 2007 06:44:59 GMT
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On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:39:57 +0000, SINNER wrote:
> * Joe LaVigne wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>> Another annoying question from a guy used to Redhat stuff... ;-)
>
>> I have another laptop that is a little older that I'd like to install
>> Ubuntu (or perhaps Kubuntu) on. It is a PIII Dell Sub-Notebook. It does
>> not have a CD-ROM drive.
>
>> It currently runs Fedora 5, which is a piece of cake to put on my Win2k3
>> server's Remote Installation Server. Boot the laptop, F12 to boot from
>> LAN, select the install and go.
>
>> Ubuntu seems to need to be installed from the CD, though. I have searched
>> and searched google, but cannot find any reference to installing Ubuntu
>> from RIS.
>
>> Anyone ever try this and get it to work?
>
> Any help here:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/WindowsServerNetboot
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=316093
>
Absolutely. Both of those links have useful information. And if I can't
get it working with RIS, I'll have directions for just installing a tftp
server on the Windows box, and I'll shut down the RIS during the install.
Thanks again, everyone, for the help!
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