Installing Suse over a network

[SnagaDuath]

Hello, I want to install Suse 10.2 on my laptop (I'm already running 10.3 on my pc). The reason I want to install 10.2 is because I have a 64bit version of 10.3, but my laptop is a bit old and it has a 32bit processor.

My porblem is that my laptop doesn't have a DVD-Rom, only a CD-Rom but it does support PXE (although I'm not at all familliar with it, but from what I've read it seems quite possible to use it to install linux over a network...?) but I have no idea how to set it up or if it's even possible to install 10.2 on the remote computer when 10.3 will be running on the server?

Would PXE be the best way to do it? I also though of splitting my suse10.2 DVD into bootable CD images, but I also don't know if that's possible? Or should I do something completely different?

thx...

[Hyperios39]

Hey Snagaduath,

Sorry i cant offer expertise on linux, but i believe its called a NFS install and heard it can be quite tricky .....im having similiar probs getting Suse to see my cdrom and cant get a install..... but if you finger it out, lemme know! i'll be watching your thread.

ASUS M2N
AMD X2 3800
NEC 3550 DVD-RW atapi Ide(primary master or slave)
WD 160gig SATA (3rd Master)
2X512 533 CENTON
7300 GT 512 PCI-E

M2N has no secondary IDE channel

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