On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 15:55 +1030, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> Which is it, FC 7 or 8? The subject description is different from the > >> message, and which one you're actually doing might be able to pinpoint > >> the problem. > > Craig White : > > solution the same either way. > > I'd have thought so, but I was asking in case there was some bug in the > newest install routine. > > > copy iso to system that has httpd running, loop mount in /var/www/html > > path somewhere...good to go. > > > > mkdir /var/www/html/FC8 > > mount -t iso /tmp/F-8-x86_64-DVD.iso /var/www/html/FC8 > > > > linux method=http://MY_WEB_SERVER/FC8/disc1 > > It occurred to me that you could have some SELinux issues from that sort > of thing, if the contexts aren't in place to allow HTTP serving of those > files. > > I did a network install of FC7 ages ago, but I can't recall what > protocol I used. Whichever technique it was, I would have copied the > files to a directory, I didn't use a loop mount, or serve out the ISO. ---- if you serve out as NFS, you don't need to loop mount. You only serve the iso's themselves via NFS Craig
