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jumbo000

01-09-2003, 10:02 PM

Hi, anyone knows how to put RH8.0 install files in one PC so another PC can do kick installation by network? (There are 3 DISCs required for installation). Do I have to copy all 3 disc ISO images to first PC? If do kickstart installation by LAN which method is the easiest and fastest? FTP,HTTP, NFS,etc.?

01-10-2003, 05:05 AM

Don't put the ISO images on the server, copy the files from the CD's to a directory, make sure that directory is accessible via the net.
(ISO images put on a hard drive is seen just as one .img file, you have to mount it as a iso9660-filesystem )
I don't know which method is best, have used FTP & NFS once each, had no problems.

jumbo000

01-10-2003, 04:02 PM

OK if I put install files in kickstart server, can I put it in separated folderd like /CD1 /CD2 /CD3 and will install program able to find this or does it need to be in exact directory structure? Then is it kind of hard because you have to manually copy everything from CD1 to CD3 without overwriting the same folder?

Do I have to mount NFS install directory manually during kickstart?
and where KS.cfg should be placed in NFS server? Install directory?

Vialli

01-10-2003, 09:50 PM

Yes, I have the same question about how to put the installation files/folder when the installation is not via CDROM.

I use HD installation and wonder where to put my second ISO image to.

A) <path>/cd1/distro1.iso
<path>/cd2/distro2.iso
or
B) <path>/distro1.iso
<path>/distro2.iso

Please help.
:confused:

01-11-2003, 09:59 AM

I don't think you can put the files in different directories, during a network install you are asked for the location - can specify one only.
I copied all CD's to one directory. Some files exists on all CD's, but that was no problem - installation worked fine.

But:

B) <path>/distro1.iso
<path>/distro2.iso

does not work!

Create the installation directory & copy the contents from the CD - not the .iso image!

How to mount the install directory & where KS.cfg should be placed I don't know, never tried it.
I believe there is a decent instruction on the install CD though.