Network Install

mr_angry

Having started running a webserver last September, I was convinced by one of the other lads to install Windows XP and use IIS. I knew this was a terrbile idea at the time, but despite my best efforts, he rattled on about why he wanted to use IIS for ages, and I gave in. Needless to say, he's never used it since. Anyway, I have no urge to become a spam relay, and since the latest security holes provide hackers with an easy mechanism to do that, I've decided to take matters into my own hands, and give it a good reformat.

I'm planning to install an old copy of Red Hat 7.3 that I have sitting around my desk. I know, I know - the latest copy of Mandrake or something else running the 2.6 kernel would be a MUCH better idea, but I can't be arsed downloading another 4 ISOs at the moment.

Anyway, the gist of my problem is that the CD drive on my webserver doesn't work, and I can't boot of my Red Hat CD. I could just rip it out, and replace it temporarily with another one, but my server's bios apparently allows me to boot from a network device. Having selected this option though, it boots back into XP as normal. I can't figure out how I'm supposed to determine exactly what network location to boot from.

Has anyone ever performed this before? If so, how do I select a location to boot from? The machine is an old Gateway P2 350MHz. I don't know the BIOS version off the top of my head either, but I'm sure I can find out if necessary.

zAbbo

Booting from a n/w card is done by loading in a BOOTP image, i think

anyway you're in Dundalk yeah, I could give you a lend of Mdk 9.2/10 or Gentoo 2004.1 or SUSE 9.1

Id just swopsie in another cd drive