Fedora Install Using DVD and HTTP

[Tod]

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.

[Tod Thomas]

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.
> >
>  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. 

Way old thread, but I wanted to respond.  Thanks everybody for your 
suggestions, this is the solution that worked for me.


- Tod

[Tod Thomas]

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

[Stuart Sears]

Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>  Tod writes:
>  
> > 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?
>  
>  Very easy.
>  
> >       I've searched around but haven't found a method that matches my 
> > particular situation.  Any ideas?
>  
>  On the install DVD you will find the file /images/boot.iso.  Burn that 
>  as an ISO file onto a CD, and you'll end up with a bootable install CD.
>  
>  Now, take the DVD, and mount it on the web serverl, and start Apache. 
>  Take the bootable CD, boot the server with it, start the installer, and 
>  tell it to do an http install.
>   
or, of course, just share the ISO image via NFS (yes, not http. I 
realise that...)

Stuart
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[Sam Varshavchik]

Tod writes:

>  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? 
Very easy.

>        I've searched around but haven't found a method that
> matches my 
>  particular situation.  Any ideas? 
On the install DVD you will find the file /images/boot.iso.  Burn that as an 
ISO file onto a CD, and you'll end up with a bootable install CD.

Now, take the DVD, and mount it on the web serverl, and start Apache. Take 
the bootable CD, boot the server with it, start the installer, and tell it 
to do an http install.

[Francis Earl]

On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 12:20 -0400, 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? 
Mount the DVD on the computer you wish to host the files, then set up an
FTP server or so, and point a netinst CD at that directory...

mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path/to/iso /ftp

I recommend vsftp for FTP server.

Netinst can be gotten from here:
http://mirror.stanford.edu/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedo...

(of course, change both instances of x86_64 to i386 or ppc depending on
your needs)

Then just point the installer at the path to the resulting /os folder on
the server where the DVD is mounted.

[Mikkel]

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
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