Re: Fedora Install Using DVD and HTTP
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Tod wrote:
> I have a web server with a DVD drive, and a server with only a CD ROM
> drive. How can I install fedora on the server over the network using
> HTTP? I've searched around but haven't found a method that matches my
> particular situation. Any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
Do you have SE Linux running in the enforcing mode? If so it makes
things a bit harder. You have to remount the DVD with the
context=system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 option before you can
serve it using your WEB browser.
What I did is loop mount the DVD image, and did not bother to burn a
DVD. I used /var/www/html/Fedora as my mount point. Then when I was
doing the install, I let the installer configure the network, and told
it to use http://192.168.1.9/Fedora to install from. You can ether boot
from the boot CD for this, or boot from a USB drive. I like using the
USB drive because I don't end up with so many CD's for installing old
versions. You will have to change 192.168.1.9 to the IP address of your
web server.
Mikkel
Sorry for my tardy response, but this did the trick! Thanks for your
and everyone else's suggestions.
- Tod