[wplug] install fest

Weber, Larry A laweber at switch.com
Tue Jun 26 12:40:14 EDT 2001


Would it make any sense to temporarily install a CDROM drive?  Might be
easier than installing a network card on a pc without an op sys.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Robert Dale [SMTP:rdale at wplug.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, June 26, 2001 12:28 PM
> To:	'wplug at wplug.org'
> Subject:	Re: [wplug] install fest
> 
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Romano, Christopher wrote:
> 
> > I have an old 486 that I want to setup as a firewall/router.  It only
> has
> > 16mb of memory so I know that I can't really run X.  That's ok because I
> > really don't want to.  This machine doesn't have a cdrom in it.  I am
> > planning on bringing it to the install fest because I don't know how to
> load
> > linux on it without using a cdrom.  If I bring it can someone help me
> out?
> > I don't care what distro goes on it.  I will put on it whatever I can.
> I
> > have only worked with Red Hat, but would prefer something different so I
> can
> > get a feel of what the other distro look like.
> 
> If you have a network card, or there is one available at the installfest,
> we could do a network install.
> 
> -- 
> Robert Dale
> 
> wplug member since 1998
> 
> 
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