FC5 install via sftp -

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 3/26/06, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at officeonweb.net> wrote:
>
> Mike Chambers wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 17:11 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>
>  This computer runs FC4 and has a dvd reader.  The computer
> I want to install FC5 on does not.
>
> I do routinely transfer files between them via sftp and an
> ethernet connection.
>
> How can I install FC5 without physically removing the cd/dvd drive
> from this computer and installing it in the "target?" The target computer
> runs FC4 and has only one 80G drive all of which is allocated for Linux.
>
>  Don't know if you can do it via sftp, but you can do it via ftp, http,
> nfs, by way of network install.  You would obviously need to setup your
> one computer with the ISO's, or make an install dir of each individual
> rpms and then use that as the base of the install.
>
> Does the computer that will have FC5 installed on have a cd-reader?  You
> can burn the boot.iso image or cd #1 of FC5 and boot off it, using linux
> askmethod at teh boot prompt.
>
> There are other ways I guess as well depending on what you can/want to
> do.
>
>   Ok, the NFS install worked!
>
> I copied the DVD to a directory in this computer, made the CD from
> boot.iso and used it to boot the target computer with "linux askmethod"
> It took me a while to get the NFS install routine working until I read the
> exportfs man page.
>
> I had to do     "exportfs -o async 10.1.1.1:/home/bobg/dvdc5"  in order to
> enable the connection but once started it took a little more than an hour
> while I walked dogs, fed horses and made a trip to the grocery in town.
>
> I have a few more to do once I have confidence in FC5.
>
> Thanks to all for the help.
>
> Bob Goodwin   Zuni, Virginia
>
>  Good luck
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