ftp install

[Lucas Albers]

Well paint me purple and stick something in me, cause I'm done.
That's cool.
Got to to do that on my http/ftp install server.
Thanks. Duh.

> On Thursday 06 November 2003 21:35, Lucas Albers wrote:
>> iso install from directory is only supported on nfs install.
>> you need to extract for ftp or http install.
>
> No, you do not need to extract the contents of the iso-files. Just mount
> them to the directories disc1, disc2, and disc3.
>
> I.e.
> cd /var/ftp/pub/fedora
> mkdir disc1
> mkdir disc2
> mkdir disc3
> mount -o loop /whatever/yarrow-i386-disc1.iso disc1
> mount -o loop /whatever/yarrow-i386-disc2.iso disc2
> mount -o loop /whatever/yarrow-i386-disc3.iso disc3
>
> On the question on what directory to use on the ftp-server, use
> /pub/fedora
>
> I am installing to my laptop using this technique just now... :-)
>
> /Lars
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