F7 install from DVD iso -

[Kam Leo]

On 6/5/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/5/07, Bob Goodwin - W2BOD <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
> > Steve Searle wrote:
> > > Around 05:28pm on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 (UK time), Bob Goodwin - W2BOD scrawled:
> > >
> > >
> > >> If I tell it to do an NFS install it requests "NFS Server Name"
> > >> [192.168.1.6] and the "Fedora directory" [/media/iso] which seems
> > >> logical to me.
> > >>
> > >
> > > I think that "Fedora directory" needs to be the (unmounted) directory
> > > that contains the iso, rather than a directory that has the iso mounted
> > > on it.
> > >
> > >
> > /media/iso is empty unless I run  "mount F-7-i386-DVD.iso /media/iso -t
> > iso9660 -o loop"
> >
> > > Also make sure iptables on the server isn't denying you access.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > I can stop the firewall, still the "no mount" error message?
> >
> > I hate to buy a DVD burner for the sole purpose of making a Fedora disk
> > each time there's a new release.  I've never needed to record a DVD
> > before.  I suppose I might find some other use for it.
> >
> > BobG
> >
>
> You do not need to mount the iso. Just have the directory accessible via NFS.
>

This write-up, http://fedoranews.org/dowen/nfsinstall/ , is fairly old
but should provide you with the basics.