Installing FC5 by NFS --- remark --

[Joachim Backes [RHRK]]

Rudolf Kastl wrote:
> 2006/3/21, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>:
>> Joachim Backes [RHRK] wrote:
>>> I tried to install FC5 using the NFS method by copying the Fedora
>>> directory from the installation
>>> DVD as I read in the README in the DVD root. But this is not sufficient:
>>> I had to copy the directory
>>>
>>>     repodata
>>>
>>> too from the DVD root to the target server into the same directory
>>> whereto I copied the Fedora directory.
>>>
>>> Otherwise anaconda stops the FC5 install/update with a "repodata not
>>> found" error message.
>> This README could certainly do with an update. It hasn't been necessary
>> to "explode" the contents of the ISOs for NFS installs for a long time
>> now - you can just point the installer at an NFS share directory
>> containing the ISOs themselves.
>>
>> Paul.
>>
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> 
> Maybe having a nice "1001 ways of installing fedora" how to covering
> those kinda topics. like detailed pxe usbpen etc boot/install methods.
> 
> what do you think?

Would be helpful, especially for fedora newcomers.
> 
> regards,
> rudolf kastl
> 


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