On 7/13/05, M.Lewis <_fedoralist_@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Paul Howarth wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 18:46 -0500, M.Lewis wrote: > > > >>I understood from this posting that it was possible to install FC4 > >>'without' extracting the files from the iso images via the install from > >>hard drive method. Does this also work for NFS, HTTP, or FTP installs or > >>only the install from hard drive method. I've not been able to find any > >>information on this. > >> > >>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=111888238112836&w=2 > >> > >>I tried this via the NFS install method and got the message "The > >>following ISO images are missing which are required for the install: CD > >>#2". It worked fine without extracting the iso images up to that point. > > > > > > The method works for NFS too and is my installation method of choice. > > > > Hard disk installs and NFS installs can use this method because the > > installer can "see" the ISO images on the filesystem and loopback mount > > them locally. This doesn't apply for HTTP and FTP installs, so those > > methods require that the contents of the ISOs are extracted server-side. > > > > What do you have in your FC4 install directory on the NFS server? > > > > # ls -l /path/to/isos > > > > Paul. > > Thanks Paul. What am I missing? > > [cajun@moe FedoraCore4]$ ls -l > total 2610384 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 cajun cajun 6711296 Jun 6 21:39 boot.iso > -rw-rw-r-- 1 cajun cajun 665434112 Jun 16 22:32 FC4-i386-disc1.iso > -rw------- 1 cajun cajun 668708864 Jun 15 13:55 FC4-i386-disc2.iso ^ | I believe your problem is here. Disc2 needs to be +r so all users are read it. > -rw-rw-r-- 1 cajun cajun 668954624 Jun 16 00:36 FC4-i386-disc3.iso > -rw-rw-r-- 1 cajun cajun 660512768 Jun 16 07:00 FC4-i386-disc4.iso > -rw-rw-r-- 1 cajun cajun 244 Jun 16 13:33 SHA1SUM >
