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  From: Ben Hughes <bhughes@mh-1.mmal.com.au>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:19:29 +0930

Re: Mini review on Mandrake 7.1

"David A. de Groot" wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Richard Sharpe wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed Mandrake 7.1 today. I didn't have a CD, all I had was an ISO
> > image.
> >
> > So, I created a network boot floppy and used an NFS install.
> <snip>
> > Anyway, without a CD, how did I install?
>
> I realise this was probably retorical, but...
>
> I'd say you mounted the ISO image using the "-o loop" option on an
> exported directory on another machine and, as you said at the beginning,
> did an nfs install from there... ;)
>
> David

Mmmm... loopback file systems

Just out of interest Richard, why didn't you burn a CD ?

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