>>>>> "RD" == Robert Denton <Robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: RD> I awould like to use the Boot to LAN option but I am not sure how RD> to do this, especially with a system that has no OS on it at all. It's really easy. You need pxelinux, which is part of the syslinux package, along with running DHCP and TFTP servers. There's some info on setting this up on the main syslinux site: see http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php You can just copy the vmlinuz and initrd.img from a Red Hat boot CD onto the TFTP server and set pxelinux up to boot it. My pxelinux.cfg/default file looks like: DEFAULT ks DISPLAY boot.msg PROMPT 1 TIMEOUT 100 label ks kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img ks=nfs:nfs.server.edu:/path/to/ks.cfg (boot.msg just says that the machine is going to reinstall and that it should be rebooted if this is not intended.) You may need other options depending on what release you're trying to install; just look at the boot CD's syslinux.cfg file, which has the same format. Once this all set up, you can do some neat things. I have my machines set up to boot from disk and then from net, so for a fuly automated remote reinstall I just wipe the MBR of the disk and reboot. - J<
