installation over net

[Martin Petz]

Hi,

as I want to install RedHat 9 on a server (currently running an old
Suse) far away, I want to install it over the network.
I think, I have to create a ramdisk where I start the
installation-script and forward X to my home-pc. But in this case I
have only one try.
So where can I read more about this Problem? Is there a keyword for
this??

Or has anyone another suggestion??

Thanks,
Martin

[Peter T. Breuer]

Martin Petz <martin.petz@onlinecontest.org> wrote:

> as I want to install RedHat 9 on a server (currently running an old
> Suse) far away, I want to install it over the network.

Then select ftp as the install medium.

> I think, I have to create a ramdisk where I start the

No - you have to follow the instructions. Presumably on the RH website
too!

Peter

[Juha Siltala]

In article <e18fc5e5.0309070811.6cabcd7e@posting.google.com >, Martin Petz
wrote:

> as I want to install RedHat 9 on a server (currently running an old
> Suse) far away, I want to install it over the network.

See [url]http://trilldev.sourceforge.net/files/remotedeb.html[/url] -- "HOWTO Install
Debian Onto a Remote Linux System". It's about installing Debian over
Redhat on a remote server, but you may learn from it anyway.

To quote: "Also, this procedure should be applicable to installing any
system that allows you to ssh (or maybe telnet - although not recommended)
into it. It would also have to respect the chroot environment while
installing. But why would you want a non-Debian server? :)"

--
Juha Siltala

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

Martin Petz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> as I want to install RedHat 9 on a server (currently running an old
> Suse) far away, I want to install it over the network.
> I think, I have to create a ramdisk where I start the
> installation-script and forward X to my home-pc. But in this case I
> have only one try.
> So where can I read more about this Problem? Is there a keyword for
> this??
>
> Or has anyone another suggestion??

Cam you get the remote site to put in a floppy or CD for you?

Also, do you have a spare partition on the remote site that you can
unmount permanently and do a network based installation onto? Talk about
your hardware: RAMdisk is usually not the way to go....