Ubuntu:Server

[Siggy Brentrup]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:53 -0600, Kevin Reisch wrote:
> 	Hi there.  Sorry for my complete "NOOB" incompetence, but I have a  
> question.  I recently obtained an old 1997 Interserv server tower.   
> SCSI CD drive with SCSI raided HD's, but has IDE slots on the  
> motherboard.  The big issue is that it does not boot from IDE or CD.   
> Must boot via floppy (not sure if it will boot via SCSI HD because I  
> haven't an OS yet, but I assume it does.)  I have attempted DEBIAN  
> install but for some reason when installing via floppy (boot, root,  
> and cd-drivers floppies), it does not have the correct drivers for my  
> CD drive to run a "net-install"-CD.  I have tried an IDE CD drive as  
> well when booting from floppies, but i have a feeling that the IDE  
> ports on the mobo are shot.  I have I am curious to know if there is  
> another way or another bootable floppy that will give me the SCSI CD  
> drivers to boot to a CD to install the Linux OS (hopefully Ubuntu  
> Server). Thank you in advance.

Sorry to say that I can give you only a general outline FTTOMH,
records aren't easily accessible.

| Insert a NIC with a boot prom and connect the box to a net that has
| a DHCP and a TFTP server running. On the DHCP server assign a fixed
| IP address to your NIC's MAC.  On the TFTP server arrange for
| booting the installer when that IP connects.

Hoping this helps somehow  
  Siggy
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