 | | | network install floppy boot images | network install floppy boot images 2006-02-02 - By Rick Stevens
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On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 14:48 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 15:22 -0600, Chris Hare wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I can't seem to find the answer. I have a small box here I need to
> > install on. It has no CD-ROM, and I don't have a USB CD-ROM anyhow.
> > It has a good network card in it, and I could do a network install if
> > I had a floppy boot image. Can anyone provide any info on where to
> > get one? I need it for AS v4.
> >
> > Another option is a FAT formatted USB attached hard disk with the CD
> > images extracted to it. However, I can't find info on how to do this
> > either.
>
> If your machine can boot from USB, then go get a $35 128MB USB pen
> drive. Find a machine that does have a CD on it, put the first CD in
> that drive AND plug in the USB pen drive. Go to the CD's /images
> directory. You'll find a file called "diskboot.img". You need to copy
> that to the USB drive in raw mode. If you're running Linux, the "dd"
> command will do it:
>
> # dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/sda
>
> (assuming the pen drive is at /dev/sda). If you're using Windows, you
> need to use a program such as rawrite (do a google search for that).
>
> When you're all done, go to the machine you want to install on, plug in
> the pen drive and boot from it. From there you can specify a network
> install.
>
> This is all explained in the installation handbook:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi
-install-guide/
I should have also added that if the machine CAN'T boot from USB, then
go get Smart Boot Manager (again, google for it). It loads onto a
floppy and once it's booted, it can get to darned near anything on your
machine.
And, if I might suggest, go spend the money and get a USB CD-RW/DVD.
They're not that expensive and a really, really handy thing to have
around. I have a USB/Firewire CD-RW/DVD+-RW that works terrific. Yes,
it was about $150, but it's saved my bacon many times.
Rick's emergency toolkit:
Floppy with Smart Boot Manager on it
1GB USB pen drive
USB/Firewire CD-RW/DVD+-RW drive
Burned CDS:
"RecoveryIsPossible" (RIP) CD
UltimateBootCD (UBCD) CD
System Rescue CD
CDs or DVDs with all current RedHat, FedoraCore, CentOS,
FreeBSD, NetBSD, GenToo, SuSE and darned near every
other Unix/Linux permutation you can think of.
Yes, I'm a geek. I also have shiny armor and a white steed!
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