[16:19] <jrsdead> hey could someone point me to a guide for doing a netinstall to a machine with no cddrive or floppy from a mac?
[16:33] <maxb> Seems awfully specific for there to be an exact guide
[16:34] <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
[16:35] <jrsdead> it would be pxe
[16:36] <jrsdead> machine cant boot from usb
[16:36] <jrsdead> its an old toshiba slimline laptop
[16:37] <maxb> So you'll need a DHCP and a TFTP server
[16:38] <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
[16:39] <maxb> router == commercial wifi box, or linux machine?
[16:41] <jrsdead> ddwrt
[16:41] <jrsdead> buffalo wifi box
[16:44] <maxb> Hmm
[16:44] <maxb> It's possible. Depends on how flexible ddwrt's dhcpd config is
[16:46] <maxb> You need to be able to configure DHCP for specific hosts differently, including a next-server and a boot filename
[16:50] <jrsdead> hmm i will have a read up tonight and see if i can work it out
[16:50] <jrsdead> thanks