From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BB1A3EB47 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 17:21:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4JLLTq15844 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sun, 19 May 2002 17:21:29 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4JLLTl15840 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 17:21:29 -0400 Received: from mail1.netacc.net (mail1.netacc.net [208.34.108.26]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4JLF2M13424 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 17:15:04 -0400 Received: from harding (207-48-92-78.go2america.com [207.48.92.78]) by mail1.netacc.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g4JLLJb75231 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 17:21:20 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20020519162319.00a2cd40@mail.doorpi.net> X-Sender: bharding@mail.doorpi.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 16:23:19 -0500 To: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Brent Harding Subject: Re: INSTALLING LINUX OVER THE INTERNET In-Reply-To: References: <20020519004158.GA23530@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, I think slackware won't install over the net though. It will over nfs, I think, but I'm not sure if there are nfs servers on the internet to use for this anyways, heard it's a really insecure protocol with tons of exploits, probably suited completely for local use and not on the net. At 10:44 PM 5/18/02 -0400, you wrote: >Yes, Debian appears better suited to an install over the net. The >Red Hat network installation appears oriented to local networks, >not the Internet. > >It is, nevertheless, all about keeping the connection. So, if you >have one that's reliable, it will work over http, ftp, (and nfs). > >On Sat, 18 May 2002, Kenny Hitt wrote: > >> Hi, I don't know how REDhat does it's inter net install, but >> Debian doesn't have this problem. If you loose your connection, >> you just restart the install command and it picks up where it >> left off. >> >> Kenny >> >> On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 06:58:40PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: >> > We addressed this in early versions of the HOWTO_INSTALL file for >> > the Speakup Modified Red Hat Distribution, but dropped it >> > eventually for the following reason. >> > >> > You can, but you must restart over from the beginning if you lose >> > your connection before the installation completes. On the other >> > hand, you can resume a download from the point of the >> > interruption with a proper download agent like ncftp (available >> > for Windows as well as Linux). Go to: >> > >> > http://www.ncftp.com >> > >> > On Sat, 18 May 2002, Michael Weaver wrote: >> > >> > > Hi! >> > > Can any flavour of Linux be setup via the Internet? >> > > I keep noticing something about Linux and FTP on some of the flavours. >> > > Doing it this way might be much more quicker than downloading the files onto >> > > my hard drive and burning them onto CDROM which I don't have the facility to >> > > do yet as I don't yet have a CD writer. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Blinux-list mailing list >> > > Blinux-list@redhat.com >> > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Janina Sajka, Director >> > Technology Research and Development >> > Governmental Relations Group >> > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) >> > >> > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 >> > >> > Chair, Accessibility SIG >> > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) >> > http://www.openebook.org >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Blinux-list mailing list >> > Blinux-list@redhat.com >> > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > >-- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > >Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > >Chair, Accessibility SIG >Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) >http://www.openebook.org > > > >_______________________________________________ >Blinux-list mailing list >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >