Semi FreeBSD Related Fedora Linux Question

[Andris.Saukums at seb.lv]

If you have a working CD-ROM device, then you would be better off with a 
little bootloader:
http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/about.html

it fits on a floppy and the usage is straight-forward!

Andris :)

> I have a situation where I need to install Fedora Linux on a computer 
> however the CDROM drive is not bootable (old SCSI cdrom drive and an old 

> Adaptec 1542 controller which does not support CDROM boot) and as Fedora 
no 
> longer supports floppy installs as FreeBSD does, I'm left with the 
> possibility of a network install. Anyhow I had the idea today, while 
> walking my dog, to use one of the FreeBSD systems on my network as a Red 

> Hat kickstart server. It should work, shouldn't it? Red Hat kickstart is 

> just a bootp server with a TFTP server to boot the kernel and an NFS 
server 
> to install off of, just like a Solaris Jumpstart server would. If I put 
all 
> the right bits and pieces in the right places, one of my FreeBSD systems 

> should be able to serve as a Red Hat Linux kickstart server, or so I 
would 
> think. Has anyone done this before?
> 
> I suppose for that matter a FreeBSD system could even serve as a Solaris 

> Jumpstart server. All the proprietary bits and pieces are served over 
the 
> network via NFS while the client executes any proprietary code. A Red 
Hat 
> kickstart server would work similarly so this should work, at least in 
> theory, in both cases.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at komquats.com>
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