On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 07:10, 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. It's even easier to install with NFS and let the installer take care of the loop-back mounting for you. Just download the isos to an NFS-exported directory, burn only the first one or the boot image file, boot with 'linux askmethod' at the boot prompt, pick NFS as the method and fill in the location. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
