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@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@redhat.com >> > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-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@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >