[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux install over network

[Mark Bickel]

> From discuss-admin at ntlug.org Tue Mar 26 15:01 CST 2002
> From: cody_bell at ennis.com
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Linux install over network
> List-Archive: <http://www.ntlug.org/pipermail/discuss/>
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:54:59 -06000

Cody wrote:
> I have downloaded the complete distro from the web (about 5gb) to a
> PC(WinNT). I created a share to install from.
> 
> I created the floppies(boot & network modules). I use the boot disk to start
> the install and switch to the network disk to load the network
> drivers(3C595-TX). When asked about the install I choose NFS. After entering
> the requested IP addresses I get an error "Unknown Error" and the mount
> fails. 
> I am on an NT domain network if this makes any difference.

NT filesystem "shares" are not NFS; they are SMB (Server Message Block) shares.
It is possible to install and configure NFS for NT, but NFS is not the default
network file sharing protocol for microsoft OS - SMB is. Samba allows Linux to
access SMB shares - once Linux + Samba are installed and properly configured.

/Mark