On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Bill Ripley wrote:
> I have a 486 box with no CD drive that I would like to set up for IP Masq.
> using a dial-up connection. I would like to also install and use Samba on
> the same box.
>
> Can I install a minimum Linux from floppy and then install IP Masq and Samba
> from a network connection?
The easiest way I've found to install on a box with no CD is with Red Hat's
netboot floppy image -- but that requires sticking an ethernet card in there
and putting it on a net-connected LAN.
Assuming that's not an option: Slackware is still distributed in such a way
so as to lend itself to fitting on floppy disks -- sort of. At least, you
can download a minimal system that way. See the readme at:
ftp://ftp.cc.gatech.edu/Linux/distributions/slackware/slakware/
There's also a nifty-looking script in that directory which you can use to
make installation floppies. After you install from those and get the
machine dialing up correctly, you can go fetch the Slack samba package if
need be. (I'm not sure whether it comes in the N series of Slack packages
that will fit on floppies.)
Oh yeah, and 'pppd' supports dial-on-demand, to answer your question about
initiating dial-up remotely. You just try to go somewhere from your
masquerading workstation, and your 486 will dial up for you automatically to
get you there.
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