Date:  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 06:25:57 -0600
From:  Larry Smith <lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:08990] Re: Installing CBQ without a CD-ROM
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <200703050625.57679.lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net>
In-Reply-To:  <45EB8689.8060301 (at mark) dogsbody.org>
References:  <45E5B528.4070003 (at mark) dogsbody.org> <45EB8689.8060301 (at mark) dogsbody.org>
X-Mail-Count: 08990

On Sunday 04 March 2007 20:55, Dogsbody wrote:
> > I would like to install Nuonce CentOS/BlueQuartz on a system via serial
> > interface (that bit I can do) but the system doesn't have a CD-ROM drive!
> >
> > I can connect to it via serial, even net boot it to an old Knoppix
> > install and mount the machines drives but I can't see how that will help
> > me install it!? :-/
>
> Anyone? :-/
>
> After much Googling I think it's safe to say I can't just put the iso image
> somewhere on a disk and boot from it (although there are teasers of info in
> places that this is possible).
>
> So I am now looking at creating a 700Mb partition, un-iso-ing the iso (LOL)
> into it and then trying to boot off of it... somehow!
>
> All ideas or links to how-to's welcome! :-)
>
> Thank you
>
> Dan

Hmmm, have not really thought about it, but the first thing that comes to mind 
is the Cobalt boot loader - wherein one boots the CD on a PC and loads the 
Cobalt from there.  Wonder if something similar would work??

-- 
Larry Smith
SysAd ECSIS.NET
sysad (at mark) ecsis.net