On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 17:14 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 08:52 -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) > > > > 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. > > > > Thanks. > > -- > > -=/>Thom > > > > Having the ISO files on the target server is not enough. > You'll need to unpack the ISO into a single directory and point the > anaconda to that destination. This is not necessary. I've done many NFS installs without unpacking the ISOs. Anaconda can do the loopback mount client-side for itself. Just pointing it to the directory containing the ISO images should be sufficient. Paul.
