[ Removed (for me) invalid ng ] Fredderic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a use for it (which also happens to benefit him), and so he's opened > up his firewall so I can get to its VNC service. All I have to do now is > send him an email to tell him to flick on the power switch. Trouble is, > he's a third of the way around the world, I want to install Debian Linux on > it, and he had enough trouble installing Windows (I don't know who set up > his lan for him). > Now, I'm trying to figure out how to replace its current Windows 98, with > Debian Linux, preferably without having to rely on anyone there doing > anything to the machine beyond switching it on (and perhaps hitting the > reset button). If anyone has done something similar, or can see any > problems with my plan below, I'd appreciate some advice. I do this every other day, installing RH completely headless, without floppy/CD. But you need a box with a complete serial BIOS redirection, PXE/bootp aware NIC, some DHCP server under your control and a NFS/http/ftp server. Good luck -- Michael Heiming Remove +SIGNS and www. if you expect an answer, sorry for inconvenience, but I get tons of SPAM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
