How do you install Linux (specifically Slackware 7) from a network share on another system? I''ve tryed setting up the root and boot disks with the network support and using them but I can''t figure out where/how to configure and set up the network card. I know how to configure a network card on an already installed Mandrake system (from the command prompt) so I''m not totally ignorant of how this works. I''d also like to know how to set up a system to run off the network. Anotherwords a minimum install of linux on each system to boot with then have all the software installed on a server partition to share with all the networked sytems. How I''d like the configureation to be... Server - has shared Slackware distrabution. + +--> Workstation - Full linux install. + +--> Workstation - Full linux install. + +--> Workstation - no or small hard drive & Runs off server + +--> Workstation - no or small hard drive & Runs off server

Hi,

Don''t break your head on ftp and such coz it won''t work.

Use NFS - thats supported on slackware 7. You need to setup the other computer for NFS, and load a boot and root disk(this depends on your hardware) and specify during installation that you are gonna use NFS(actually it will ask you).

You can do networking using telnet ssh etc I guess.
Also xdm and gdm etc.

quote: Original post by flame_warrior

Hi,

Don''t break your head on ftp and such coz it won''t work.

Use NFS - thats supported on slackware 7. You need to setup the other computer for NFS, and load a boot and root disk(this depends on your hardware) and specify during installation that you are gonna use NFS(actually it will ask you).

Well, duh! I said I have the distrabution on my server, running samba, nfs, etc... so I can get to it from the network. My problem is getting the setup disks to recognize and use my nic (a ne2000 compatable). Then I should be able to install.

quote: Original post by flame_warrior
You can do networking using telnet ssh etc I guess.
Also xdm and gdm etc.

problem with telnet is it runs the programs on the system you connect to.
I probably should have posted this as a seperate question but I want to set up minimum systems that can run programs on them as requested by the server. And have there files all on the server. I found something on ''bootp'' that almost sounds like what I''m looking for. Basically, the system boots off a floppy or small Hard drive (I have a bunch of old 85M and 110M drives laying around) and mount''s a file system from the server to run off of.

Which NIC ? Maybe you need to use a kernel which supports your NIC. Try netconf, or netconfig don''t remember. But thats what you use(probably netconf - not on linux to tell you) for setting up a NIC in linux.