[Quantian-general] install via netboot

[Emmanuel Paradis]

Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> | I don't know how to copy these files since there is no partition on the 
> | disk (but I guess I could find how to do it).
> 
> You'd have to to do a basic install of any of your favourite Linux distro so
> that you are left with that distro in one (or more) partitions, a bootloader
> on the hd and empty space for a spare partition to hold the iso. Actually,
> the Quantian iso-to-be-booted-from-disk can also sit on the "other"
> partition.
> 
> | > Which version of Quantian? 0.6.9.3?  That version works rather reliably
> | > between my two laptops -- make sure you enable the network card of you
> | > laptop, though.  You should see a message that the appropriate module has
> | > been loaded and configured.
> | 
> | Yes, 0.6.9.3!
> | 
> | It says that a dozen of modules are loaded...
> 
> On the remote machine?

Yes, on the laptop. It says:

Found network device(s) handled by e1000.ko
[and a few others as well]

then DHCP Broadcasting failed, and the loaded modules are listed.

> | How do you enable the network card?
> 
> When you enable the 'knoppix-terminalserver' (or
> knoppix-openmosixterminalserver), you get several short dialogs. One of them
> has a long list of network card modules, and you may have to select the one
> your to-be-netbooted laptop has [ in my case, a Intel e1000 in a recent-ish
> IBM laptop ].

I have tried several other modules in addition to the default ones, but 
it's the same.

I think this laptop has a e1000 network card, so it should work.

Maybe I'll burn a CD with the last Knoppix to see if its works.

Cheers.

Emmanuel

> Wim has a fairly detailed step-by-step HOWTO at the sixth question of 
> bofh.be/clusterknoppix/faq.html -- I guess you want 'X on master and X on
> node'. 
> 
> Hope this helps, Dirk