| jrsdead | hey could someone point me to a guide for doing a netinstall to a machine with no cddrive or floppy from a mac? | 16:19 |
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| maxb | Seems awfully specific for there to be an exact guide | 16:33 |
| maxb | I'd generally suggest looking for relevant documentation supplemented by IRC advice, because walkthrough guides fail unless you want to do exactly what they say | 16:34 |
| maxb | Anyway, your first decision is whether you want to boot from USB or from PXE | 16:34 |
| jrsdead | it would be pxe | 16:35 |
| jrsdead | machine cant boot from usb | 16:36 |
| jrsdead | its an old toshiba slimline laptop | 16:36 |
| maxb | So you'll need a DHCP and a TFTP server | 16:37 |
| jrsdead | do the 2 need to be on the same machine? | 16:38 |
| maxb | No | 16:38 |
| jrsdead | my home router normally does my dhcp | 16:38 |
| maxb | router == commercial wifi box, or linux machine? | 16:39 |
| jrsdead | ddwrt | 16:41 |
| jrsdead | buffalo wifi box | 16:41 |
| maxb | Hmm | 16:44 |
| maxb | It's possible. Depends on how flexible ddwrt's dhcpd config is | 16:44 |
| maxb | You need to be able to configure DHCP for specific hosts differently, including a next-server and a boot filename | 16:46 |
| jrsdead | hmm i will have a read up tonight and see if i can work it out | 16:50 |
| jrsdead | thanks | 16:50 |
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