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Install over network without internet?

Asked by Brendan Leo

I have a point of sale terminal with a 10GB hard drive. It has a touchscreen powered by a 3M chipset, and has no CD drive, but has a floppy drive. Is it possible to install Ubuntu over a network without using an internet connection, as I am running on 256kb ADSL. I have Ubuntu installation discs, can I use these? I also need the touchscreen to work. I know that Ubuntu has build in support for touchscreens, but do I need to configure it in any way?

Thanks for your help!

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Georges Dubus (madjar) said : 		#1

If you have another computer with ubuntu, and you network card support PXE boot, this link may interest you :
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdubuntuRecipes/NetworkInstall

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Brendan Leo (brendan-leo) said : 		#2

This would work, and I have tried that. However, the network card I am using is based on a Realtek 8319 Chipset, and does not support PXE boot. I have tried to get around this by using www.rom-o-matic.net and creating a boot disc, which works, but then says that it could find no file or directory. Any ideas?

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Dmitry Mityugov (dmitry-mityugov) said : 		#3

Hello Brendan,

Sorry, never tried this myself, so this is kind of enemy territory for me, but can't you use a floppy with etherboot for that, like it's described in method 2 at http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-ubuntukubuntuedubuntuxubuntu-without-cdrom-drive.html ?

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