Eric J. Feldhusen wrote:
Is it possible to install FC5 via FTP, with the FC5 iso images mounted
using loop-back on the ftp server? I've used this method with FC1-4,
and RHEL3-4, but for FC5, it doesn't work. I haven't tried yet, but I
could loop-back mount the FC5 iso's and copy the iso's to a directory on
the ftp server, but the loop-back method is a nice method for saving
disk space.
Yes, you can do this. If you have SELinux running on the server, you'll
need to use the fscontext mount option and specify a type that the ftp
server can read.
For instance, you could have an fstab entry of:
/srv/softlib/fedora/bordeaux/FC-5-i386-DVD.iso
/srv/softlib/fedora/bordeaux/dvd iso9660
ro,loop,fscontext=system_u:object_r:public_content_t 0 0
(you need the util-linux package from updates installed, or mount won't
handle the option properly)
Paul.
