On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 08:52:21AM -0500, Thom Paine wrote: > I'm trying to install FC5T2 over nfs. I googled and several sites say > to just make an nfs share and dump the dvd iso file in there and you > are good to go. > > I've tried this on my machine and I can't seem to connect to it with > my laptop. I keep getting an error stating that the mountpoint doesn't > seem to be a Fedora Core Installation Tree. > > my /etc/exports has just one line > > /nfs 10.10.10.0/24(ro,sync) I have (ro,no_root_squash,sync) in mine, which does work. > > which I have dropped the FC5 iso into. I didn't put the md5sum file though. > > And on my laptop I'm trying to install to I have my ip for the nfs > server and the directory is just /nfs and I've tried it a few times > and can't seem to get it to go. > > Any ideas? I don't have a DVD drive for the laptop to burn it to. What do your log files say? Prior to mounting, run tail -f /var/log/messages and see what it does. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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