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On 4/4/07, Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kai Hendry wrote: > > On 2007-04-04T09:59+0100 Neil Stone wrote: > >> Has network port, so LAN install was the plan.. however I can't put a > >> DHCP/PXE system in place from here (I'm in work) > > > > I have the setup at home and you could follow this guide: > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Howto/Creating_a_Test_environment > > > >> External CD drive... suggestions on how ? USB perhaps...?? (see comments > >> on USB booting) > > > > Can you take the HD out and put it into a USB enclosure? A USB enclosure > > costs only about 10USD and then you can easily dd a linux boot image on > > to it and then put it back into the laptop. > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > The latter is what I would like to do... I have the hard disk on the > bench right now, but where do I get an image I can DD to the disk to > perform the install ? > Can you take a net install CD, mount the iso to extract the information then copy all this to the HD. Then whack grub or lilo on the boot sector and point it at the vmlinuz you have just ripped from the iso image. -- Robin Cornelius http://www.byteme.org.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html