Nicholas Coad wrote in a message to Will Hargrave:
 NC> I figure I'll grab everything off the internet and try to
 NC> install across my lan.  Know of a fast site where I can get
 NC> the various distributions. 
Start with the canonical sites:
Debian:     http://www.debian.org
Red Hat:    http://www.redhat.com
Slackware:  http://www.slackware.org
Caldera:    http://www.caldera.com
(Watch out for "com" and "org" distinctions.)
 WH> They can be network installed...but only if you have an nfs server in
 WH> general (although some might support ftp)
 NC> nfs = novell file server ??  I'm only running a peer network
 NC> here without NT server (which would be replaced by Linux).
NFS is "Network File System," the de facto Unix file sharing standard 
pioneered by Sun.  Several Internet sites allow anonymously mounting their 
Linux archives in read-only mode for remote installation using NFS.  Several 
of the distributions have installation programs which can use other 
protocols, such as FTP in the case of Debian.
 WH> This is Unix, it doesn't by default support featureless protocols
 WH> designed for low powered DOS machines... ;-)
 NC> :)  Right now I'm in the process of setting up my own DNS
 NC> server to host my domain (erkware.com).  Thus far it seems
 NC> fairly easy in NT SRV 4, is it especially difficult with
 NC> Linux?
It is a great deal easier with Linux.  The Microsoft DNS server has serious 
problems, and most NT boxes which need DNS servers seem to elect to use the 
freeware port of bind from Unix instead.
 
-- Mike
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