On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 09:23, Todd Zullinger wrote: > > I mount the isos (loopback) in my public ftp directory and then do a > > ftp install on the target machine. > > If you use NFS, you don't even have to do the loopback mount. The > installer will handle that for you. I agree that NFS is probably easier. I'll probably use that method next time around. > I'm not sure anymore, but I believe the last time I read up on the > installer, the NFS method would allow you to use the graphical > installer whereas the FTP and HTTP methods would not. I could be > wrong on that though, so corrections are welcome. Well, at least with the latest versions, the graphical installer had no trouble with FTP. I do recall needing to use the text-based installer for FTP, but that was a very long time ago. What the installer did barf on was trying to FTP install from *CD* images. Up to FC4, I mounted the various discs each in it's own directory: ./disc1, ./disc2, and so on. Then I'd point the installer to the disc1 directory and it would automatically find the subsequent discs in their own directories. In FC5, this didn't work! As soon as the installer needed a file from something other than the first disc it would abort, saying that it couldn't fine whatever RPM. It worked if I copied all the files from the various isos so that they all appeared under a single directory, so I presume it would work for the DVD image. I suppose that would be a bug? > And if you prefer the text mode install it's a moot point. I used to > prefer the text mode, but I do the graphical now since it seems to > work quite well and I figure that it gets more testing. > > - -- > Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xD654075A | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp > ====================================================================== > If a government were put in charge of the Sahara Desert, within five > years they'd have a shortage of sand. > -- Dr. Milton Friedman > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: When crypto is outlawed bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. > > iG0EARECAC0FAkSG/ZwmGGh0dHA6Ly93d3cucG9ib3guY29tL350bXovcGdwL3Rt > ei5hc2MACgkQuv+09NZUB1oqVQCgqsori3xdt9GnkuWVlUm9j/blbX8An1tXenpI > ywoeq4O4M/g3CEmnBheM > =8H1J > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
