Tim wrote:
Tim:
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.
John Summerfield:
You might have copied and then run createrepo. That should work.
No, I didn't do anything like that. I just can't remember whether I
used HTTP or NFS for the last network install. My install booted from
the rescue disc to do a network install with the files from a DVD ISO as
files on my hard disc, exactly as copied from it. The copying process
would have been from a loop mount, but the actual install wasn't.
But anyway, I think that's probably going off on a tangent from the
original poster's query about networking installing.
I do recall having quite some difficulty the first time I tried to
install. I'd put the install files onto another hard drive, and tried
to do an install from a local hard drive, and despite it being mounted
and readable, the install routine couldn't make use of it.
I installed another box by removing the DVD drive from yet another
computer.
And the last FC7 install was using the rescue CD as the boot drive, and
external drive in a USB box with the DVD ISO on it.
The reason I started this thread was that the box I have has GigE and
only USB-1.0, so installing from network would be vastly faster. I'm
still looking for a good solution, but after the initial install I did
change the "keep cache" setting for yum.conf, hopefully I can copy the
cache to the new machine before updating and save some time there.
Someone suggested that there could be a singe /var/cache/yum instance,
and that it could be mounted r/w via NFS and used. Does anyone know if
that really works? I will have a fair number of boxes with fast net and
no DVD by the end of the year.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
