Hi, Sorry for the newbie question, I've been searching the CentOS site and googled, but I couldn't find an answer (probably my bad). I want to install CentOS 4.5, but I'm having troubles with my CD reader. How can I install it from an FTP server ? Any help would be appreciated. Warm Regards -- :wq! M?rio Gamito
On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 05:18:15PM +0100, M?rio Gamito wrote:> Hi, > > Sorry for the newbie question, I've been searching the CentOS site and > googled, but I couldn't find an answer (probably my bad). > > I want to install CentOS 4.5, but I'm having troubles with my CD reader. > > How can I install it from an FTP server ?If you already have a linux system, use LILO or Grub to boot the initrd and vmlinuz: ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/isolinux/vmlinuz ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/isolinux/initrd.img No special boot arguments are required. The initrd should prompt you the method for installation and then you specify the ftp install. If you don't have linux already installed, but have Win9x or DOS, use loadlin to boot. Otherwise, use an USB boot pen. Or try the smaller boot.iso, that may work better with your reader: ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/images/boot.iso -- lfr 0/0 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070817/91e56caa/attachment.sig>
Hi, Thank you for your answer. Luciano Rocha wrote:> On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 05:18:15PM +0100, M?rio Gamito wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Sorry for the newbie question, I've been searching the CentOS site and >> googled, but I couldn't find an answer (probably my bad). >> >> I want to install CentOS 4.5, but I'm having troubles with my CD reader. >> >> How can I install it from an FTP server ? > > If you already have a linux system, use LILO or Grub to boot the initrd > and vmlinuz: > ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/isolinux/vmlinuz > ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/isolinux/initrd.img > > No special boot arguments are required. The initrd should prompt you the > method for installation and then you specify the ftp install.Problem is my CD is unusable :(> If you don't have linux already installed, but have Win9x or DOS, use > loadlin to boot.I can't install any Linux on the computer or DOS/Win Whatsoever :(> Otherwise, use an USB boot pen.It's a P-III :(> Or try the smaller boot.iso, that may work better with your reader: > ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/images/boot.isoI'll try and see if my CD handles such a small file. Thanks, -- :wq! M?rio Gamito
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 17:18 +0100, M?rio Gamito wrote:> Hi, > > Sorry for the newbie question, I've been searching the CentOS site and > googled, but I couldn't find an answer (probably my bad). > > I want to install CentOS 4.5, but I'm having troubles with my CD reader. > > How can I install it from an FTP server ? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Warm RegardsYou need to be able to boot to the installer somehow. If you have a working Linux with GRUB the following should work. Download initrd.img and vmlinuz from your favorite mirror, e.g. http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/centos/4.5/os/i386/isolinux/ Put them in /boot and rename to initrd-c4.img and vmlinuz-c4 respectively. Add the following stanza to /boot/grub/grub.conf (or possibly menu.lst depending on distro). title CentOS 4 Installer root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-c4 ro ramdisk=8192 initrd /initrd-c4.img This assumes a boot partition /dev/hda1 (or sda1). Adjust according to your setup. If no boot partition the paths above must be prefixed by "/boot". Boot to the installer and provide the address for the FTP (or HTTP) server and the directory containing the os/<arch> tree. Another approach would be to use bootable USB media for the installer image: http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/centos/4.5/os/i386/images/diskboot.img Could also set up a PXE server. Phil