fc4t1 nfs install finds no install tree

[Craig Thomas]

On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 02:35 -0600, Mike Chambers wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:53 -0500, Craig Thomas wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 18:14 -0600, Mike Chambers wrote:
> > > Well, now that we know why an NFS install, via ISO, won't work, do we
> > > have a work around it as of yet (as in new ISO's) or something? 
> > 
> > In my case, I mounted the disc1 iso with
> > 
> > mount -o loop -t iso9660 /path/2/FC4-test1-i386-disc1.iso /home/cwt/fc4
> > 
> > then ran the nfs install with custom>minimal.
> 
> Ok, you got me scratching my head.  When did you do the manual mount?

sorry to not be more clear, It is an additional step in setting up the
nfs share. I did the manual mount of the iso on the nfs server [to
explode the iso into files/directories] prior to starting the install.
During the install nothing is done differently.

On the nfs sever:
1 $mkdir /path/2/fc4
2 $mount -o loop -t iso9660 /path/2/FC4-test1-i386-disc1.iso /path/2/fc4

3 export /path/2/fc4 as nfs share
[/path/2/fc4        192.168.1.*(ro,sync)]
service nfs restart

On the install target
4 linux askmethod at promopt 

5 continue with nfs minimal install as normal.

6 then I used yum to install GNOME, with some excludes for missing
dependencies in rawhide [YMMV].

yum --exclude=gnome-applets --exclude=gnome-pilot groupinstall "GNOME
Desktop Environment"

7 service xfs start [the X font server needs to be running for X to
start]

8 some other posts suggested that first boot wont run, so I manually
added a user besides root.

I'm logged into X now, gawking at Native Eclipse and java...whoohoo.


HTH,

-- 
Craig Thomas <cjtinhp at optonline.net>