Need Help: How to install an OS through network

[vern]

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I searched on Google and there are tons of network boot tutorials on Linux. Perhaps you shouldn't confine yourself to Redhat Enterprise Linux. There are tons of other Linux distributions out there more suited for the job.

[miguelboom]

network boot i think is just getting the boot config from the server, same as bootp, but can not do OS installation from the network. copying files between devices in the network uses ftp or tftp

aw, pero it can boot man bro padung installation, well. I almost got it using, DHCP and TFTPD pero wala lang jud ko kabalo, naay error nga mugawas nga mga PXE errors. Migana na sya almost na nakuha na niya ang vmlinuz but sa tunga2x kay na-fail sya, PXE error stuff.

@vern,

bro, unsa diay para nimo ang best para ani nga server under linux system nga distribution?
Mao unta ni ako practisan...
- IMAP server
- POP3 server
- SMTP server
- HTTPS server
- HTTP server
- FTP server
- MySQL server
- DHCP server
og
- DNS server

basta pang-web og many network server services type ba.

[vern]

Every Linux distribution can do that. You aren't using it for production ... in the wild, on the internet, mission critical systems. I run Debian on all production servers I work on that runs Linux otherwise FreeBSD ... but that isn't Linux. You have to remember that Linux is Linux, no matter the distribution. Your most important decision really is how they distribute software ... and you really have only two big choices ... apt and RPM.

If you want to practice and learning is your goal, I'd suggest going with Slackware or Gentoo.

[miguelboom]

Every Linux distribution can do that. You aren't using it for production ... in the wild, on the internet, mission critical systems. I run Debian on all production servers I work on that runs Linux otherwise FreeBSD ... but that isn't Linux. You have to remember that Linux is Linux, no matter the distribution. Your most important decision really is how they distribute software ... and you really have only two big choices ... apt and RPM.

If you want to practice and learning is your goal, I'd suggest going with Slackware or Gentoo.

Ok, thanks sa advice sir vern...

Ako na i-download download ang mga na-mention nimo nga distribution... ehehe!

[darkhero]

kung ganahan jud ka ug windows, tangtanga ang hdd sa laptop, palit ug ide adapter 2.5" to 3.5", itaod sa desktop, format /s, kopyahi ang setup files sa windows, insert balik ang hdd sa laptop, boot sa hdd (dos to mo-boot, ambot dos ba jafon tawag sa windows run, win98 pa man to last nko try), install windows.

edit: kung ok gani network boot, sa network nlang para wa nay paliton hehehe

[wakoko1234]

bai try norton ghost. nya e save lang ang OS as image file para mabasa sa norton ghost.

[miguelboom]

bai try norton ghost. nya e save lang ang OS as image file para mabasa sa norton ghost.

Bro, nag-libug ko if unsa u buot pasabot...hehe! Until now, la gihapon ko nakabalo if unsa-on ning network boot. Almost nawad-an nakog pag-asa mao ako gi-biyaan.

Possible ba diay ni through norton ghost bro?

[esip]

Hi everyone, naa koy problem...

Naa koy Acer Travelmate 2410 nga laptop, guba na ang iyang CD-Rom, then naa pud koy Compact Presario CQ40 nga laptop, ok siya all-in-all.

The problem is, ako untang installan og OS ang akong Acer nga laptop og OS via network boot kay di na man mag-function ang iya CD-Rom gud nya ako nalang ibutang ang CD sa usa ka laptop. I plan to install Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server edition 9. Ang Acer nga laptop, it supports "Network Boot" mao wala ko nawad-an og paglaom nga magamit pa.

*BTW mao ra ni support ni Acer,
- Boot from CD-rom (which is impossible kay guba)
- Boot from Hard Disk (na-reformat kay navirusan)
- Boot from Floppy (wlay floppy kay laptop man)
- Network Boot (mao ni ako hope)

Miguel,
Please help, thanks!......

Try this:
1. Kopyaha ang folder i386 sa OS installer--bisan asa lng nga Drive sa imong Compact na laptop kanang dako ug space.
2. Share dayon katong folder na imong gi kopya.
3. Akses dayon sa katong imong gi-share
4. double click winnt32.exe.

Hope this works.

[junaxM]

OS network installation....R.I.S or WDS..

[miguelboom]

I think VMware is capable of this diay, I need some exploration pa on this matter. hehehe!