fc4t1 nfs install finds no install tree

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Mike Chambers wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 06:59 -0500, Craig Thomas wrote:
>  
>
>>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
>>    
>>

like in the good old days.
see  /usr/share/doc/fedora-release*/README*


<snip fc3-release>
 If you are setting up an installation tree for NFS, FTP, or HTTP
   installations, you need to copy the RELEASE-NOTES files and all files 
from
   the Fedora directory on discs 1-3. On Linux and Unix systems, the
   following process will properly configure the /target/directory on your
   server (repeat for each disc):

    1. Insert disc

    2. mount /mnt/cdrom

    3. cp -a /mnt/cdrom/Fedora /target/directory

    4. cp /mnt/cdrom/RELEASE-NOTES* /target/directory (Do this only for disc
       1)

    5. umount /mnt/cdrom
</snip>

>>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.
>>    
>>
>
>Ok, another stupid question.
>
>1 - If I understood you correctly, you mounted the first ISO, used the
>files in it to do a minimal install via NFS but to the files instead of
>the ISO?
>
>2 - Depending on answer to first question, what if I wanted a more than
>minimal install, don't I have to do all 4 iso's like that so they
>include all the files and are in the same dir?  Or do I have to do it
>differently to get them all in the same dir and have proper structure
>lay out?
>

you can do what you want:
rescue, minimal, server, workstation, custom, expert,  ...

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shrek-m