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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: SM-Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Installation on CD/DVD-less machine
  • Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:12:20 -0700

Mads Laursen wrote:
> Hello fellow sourcemages
>
> I'm currently considering a new laptop - a Thinkpad X60. As the
> machine does not have a builtin optical drive, the installation of
> sourcemage will have to be handled in some other way.
>
> Obviously I could just buy, borrow or steal an external drive and get
> it over with, but I would like to know if anybody has a better
> suggestion?
>
> Could the sourcemage installer be transfered to a suitably big
> usb-storage device and still work?
>
> Could the installer be made to netboot and install that way?
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> And I really hop I have not overlooked some obvious guide or
> documentation that answers this - RTFM + a URL would be totally
> useful.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> /dossen

Your best bet is to use the chroot install method described at
http://wiki.sourcemage.org/install_using_chroot and
http://wiki.sourcemage.org/FunWithChroot to build a chroot (or use the
ISO chroot available somewhere) and copy that to your machine using a
network-enabled boot floppy (or USB stick).

-sandalle

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Eric Sandall | Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
eric AT sandall.us | http://www.sourcemage.org/
http://eric.sandall.us/ | SysAdmin @ Shock Physics @ WSU
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