[K12OSN] network install from RPMS?

[Rob Owens]

Excellent.  I'll give it a try when my laptop arrives
in a couple weeks.  Thanks for all the info.

-Rob

--- Ben Nickell <twinprism at athena.physics.isu.edu>
wrote:

> 
> 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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