Re: [SLUG] access to headless box

[Felix Sheldon <dark_paw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 13:48, Alan L Tyree wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a perplexing problem. I want to run a single floppy distro
> (Bering) on a box that has been through the wars. I have no monitor
> for it and all the serial ports have been fried in a lightning strike.
> 
> The distro runs (I can ping the box), but the floppy is too small to
> install ssh or anything similar that I know about. Without ssh I can't
> even get the ppp link up.
> 
> The old Laplink for dos systems had a self installing system. That
> sounds like a security nightmare, but I wonder if there is anything
> similar that I can use to transfer communications software onto this.
> 
> Any help gratefully accepted.
> 

A TFTP client would probably fit on the floppy, then it could get other
files off the network (into a ramdisk?).

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/redhat/7.2/i386/tftp-0.17-14.i386.html

Good luck =)

Felix