[ale] ftp install

[Dave Brooks]

Yes, however this isnt very efficient over a 33.6 modem.  i was going to
do it ftp over a LAN from another computer I had setup with a fast cdrom
drive, etc.



On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Chris Ricker wrote:

> On 27 Nov, Paul D. Manno wrote:
> > If you use RedHat, the installation is trivially easy since it asks during
> > the installation if the image is from FTP, NFS, SMB, local CD-ROM, etc.
> > 
> > I have successfully done a complete install of the RedHat mustang pre-
> > release (version 4.9) from a busy local NFS source in about 20 minutes
> > using a single boot diskette.  One can presume that FTP will work equally
> > as well with a reliable FTP server source.
> 
> I almost always do my installs via ftp from ftp.cc.gatech.edu ; my
> cdrom drives are old and slow, so it's much quicker that way ;-).  It
> does require two floppies, however....
> 
> later,
> chris
> 
> --
> Chris Ricker                                 gt1355b at prism.gatech.edu
> 

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