From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN, DMARC_MISSING,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from smtp.mailix.net (smtp.mailix.net [216.148.213.132]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87D29ABB44 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 23:06:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [141.150.35.220] (helo=brusowankin.net) by smtp.mailix.net with asmtp (Exim 4.01) id 17rsZy-0000dg-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:06:14 -0700 Message-ID: <3D894C59.5060506@brusowankin.net> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 00:02:33 -0400 From: David Brusowankin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: en-us, he, fr, es-es MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [gentoo-dev] net install ? Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 5a832664-3b49-42c3-b885-34cff468dc2b X-Archives-Hash: 412ab48d6214174acfcc993b355c80e5 Dear Gentoo, I have tried to make heads or tails oout of your documentation but I have failed. What I would like to do is a net install a la redhat, mandrake, etc. I.e. create a bootnet.img floppy using rawrite and then boot off of the floppy. I do not have a cd-burner but I do have broadband. Is there any hope ? Oh did I forget to mention that my linux system is hosed and my only other system is a win2k system. Looks like you guys are doing a fabulous job. That's why I want to try out Gentoo. David