ftp/http install

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Furlong" <douglas.furlong at firebox.com>
To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases"
<fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: ftp/http install


> On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 21:04, Carlos Villegas wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:13:39AM -0400, Lucas Jordan wrote:
> > > Hello, I am new to this list....
> > >    I have been trying to install fedora test 2 core 2 over the
internet
> > > via http or ftp with no luck. I have created the boot cd from the
> > > boot.iso that is in the "images" directory under the os directory on
the
> > > download pages. I get to the point in the install where i have entered
> > > the ftp server name and red hat directory, the installer then says
> > > "Retrieving Fedora/base/stage2.img..." then it says "The Fedora Core
> > > installation tree in that directory does not seem to match your boot
media"
> > >
> > > I assume this meens that the boot.iso is from an older version (fedora
> > > core 1?) and will not actually install fedora core 2 test 2. how do i
> > > install via http or ftp?
> >
> > The reasonable way to do it (IMHO) is to get the dvd image, grab the
> > isolinux files and make a cd with them, and put the Fedora
> > tree on your http/ftp server and use that to install from there. After
you
> > are done you can update using yum (yum -y update).
>
> Personally I think FTP/HTTP installs are a much better way of doing it,
> especially if you are installing to just one machine, and are unlikely
> to continue re-installing.

As much as I detest it, NFS installations are *MUCH* than either HTTP or
FTP. This of course is only really useful inside a local network where NFS
is available, not generally available over the Internet.