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Swiss.Mage
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 Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 9:06 am Post subject: Install Gentoo on an IBM X31 using PXE |
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If you want to have your Gentoo system up and running in minutes on your X31 without using an external USB drive I have a solution.
Download Knoppix, boot another machine on the network using it and then start the terminal service :
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/knoppix-terminalserver start |
Then boot your laptop using the network card. (It will use PXE to boot)
It should work ! (It worked for me and for a friend)
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odegard
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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Hey COOL!!!
Now I only need an IBM X31... |
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dying3000
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:33 am Post subject: |
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Hi, could you provide more details like where to download Knoppix, how to boot from network......
Thanks a lot. |
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dying3000
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| By the way, can Gentoo detect other hardware of X31 correctly? e.g. sound card, video card, LAN network card, wireless network card...... |
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osterhas
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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yes it does
i had no problem with kernel 2.6.5-mm6 ... but i'm fighting with the thinkpad module. because that version that is in portage (4.3) i had to manually download the newest 5.x version to support 2.6.
take a look at http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/tpctlhome.htm
wireless works (i have an atheros chip, 802.11a/b/g) with the madwifi driver...
so other things like sound, display and the intel e1000 nic don't make any problems.. |
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slycordinator
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| dying3000 wrote: | | Hi, could you provide more details like where to download Knoppix |
www.knoppix.com |
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RangerDude
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| This tip is really awsome. Knoppix wouldn't boot from my usb drive because the knoppix kernel doesn't have usb builtin to it. The PXE boot works like a charm. |
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