Sorry for my late reply. I have been busy with other things so continued my diskless install a couple of weeks after your answer.
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think what you want to do now is something like this: > mount -t proc none /tftpboot/client-dir > chroot /tftpboot/client-dir bin/bash > > Then do basic tasks like; > passwd - set a root password (and perhaps adduser a new user) > /etc/hostname - set up the hosts name > > [...] OK, this is the second way to do the install that I have asked in my first posting. I did do this now and succeeded. So thanks for your answer. However, I think the installer should be modified to not only support booting via DHCP/TFTP, but also installing on NFS mounted directories instead of local disks only. I see several reason why I think this would be better than doing the install on the server using debootsrap: * Installation from the usual install would be easier * The installation as you suggested requires that the server must also be running Linux and be of the same architecture. Otherwise, you couldn't mount /proc and chroot into the directory created by debootsrap. Also, I think the required modifications in the installer would probably not that large. urs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
