[ale] Remote boot/install on old notebook, no floppy/CD/ethernet?
Christopher Fowler
cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Fri Aug 4 11:07:27 EDT 2006
On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 09:55, mute wonder wrote:
> *PC to PC*: The notebook has a serial DB9, printer DB25, and one USB
> ports. Would it be viable to connect it to another computer and
> remotely repartition the notebook, install stuff and so on?
>
Will not work. I can think of know way you can configure linux to a
target disk via a serial cable.
> *Get removable drives*: There's another connector labeled for an
> external floppy or CD drive. It looks most like a SCSI VHDCI68, but
> that's a half-educated guess. I know little about SCSI, and have less
> experience with them. So, any information regarding external SCSI
> floppy or CD drives would be good.
Too much trouble. You'll need to look on ebay.
I would remove the drive and somehow get Linux on it. Does this
notebook have a network port?
What I've done in the past was to copy the linux kernel and initrd off
an FC2 network install CD. I then create a grub entry. What this
allows me to do is select "Reinstall" at bootup. This requires a
network interface to work.
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