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Installing without floppy/cd drive

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ianicr

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I've got a HP NAS box with no cd/floppy drivethat I want to try running linux on. I've got a USB DVD drive but this won't boot either my original Mandrake cds, Slackware DVD or Knoppix cd. Is there a way to install over the network with a network boot?
 
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It's going to need to be told in the BIOS/NIC to bootp from another device that has some supported floppy-like install launcher on it. I haven't the slightest idea how you'd do that.

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I haven't got a scsi cd drive. I've got a scsi card but no cd drive. I think it's got a floppy controller on it though. will see later.
 
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