[K12OSN] network install from RPMS?

[Ben Nickell]

Yes


My experience is you can only do an NFS install from the ISOs, but using 
the RPMs you can install via http or ftp. 

What I do is burn the first ISO image,boot from it an  type 'linux 
askmethod' at the boot prompt.   Choose http install, make sure it has 
an IP address and point it at the directory where you put the RPMs. 


These links may  help. 
<http://www.samspublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=169466&seqNum=2>

<http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/fc4/>



Let me know if you need more guidance. 

Ben

Rob Owens wrote:

>So the network install pretty much works the same
>whether you put the isos or the RPMS on your local web
>server?  (I hope that's what you're telling me,
>because that's what I was hoping to hear!)
>
>Thanks.
>
>-Rob
>
>--- Ben Nickell <twinprism at athena.physics.isu.edu>
>wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Rob Owens wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I know you can do a network install using the iso
>>>files.  Can you do a network install using the
>>>      
>>>
>>RPMS? 
>>    
>>
>>>It would be nice to be able to use the same set of
>>>files for both a local repository and for network
>>>installs.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>-Rob
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Yes you can.. at least in previous versions
>>
>>You either need to extract the RPMs off the CD's or
>>mirror a network 
>>repository.  (using rsync or something similar)
>>
>>If you are running apache, and but the files in a
>>directory under it's 
>>document root, (usually  /var/www/html) you can do a
>>http install from 
>>there.  You can also do installs via ftp, but it has
>>been since redhat 6 
>>since I've done that, so the memory is fuzzy. 
>>
>>That might get you started. I can give more specific
>>instructions or dig 
>>up some links tomorrow if that is not enough. 
>>
>>Best Regards,
>>Ben
>>
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