Configuring Network intallation server

[Paul Whitney]

Nilesh, great procedure. Does this configuration assume you are running
a dhcp server? How does the client get any network data if booting over
the network?

Paul
On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 18:50 +0530, nilesh vaghela wrote:
> Not so difficult.
> 
> I think I have posted it before.
> 
> 1. First check whether vsftpd rpm is installed or not.
> 
> rpm -qa | grep vsftp
> 
> 2. Insert you first cd and give following command
> 
> cp -a /media/mnt_of_cd /var/ftp/pub
> 
> 3. Repeat the above steps for all cds. ( If you have dvd then no
> problem you need to execute once only).
> 
> done. :)
> 
> 4. start you vsftpd services
> 
> service vsftpd restart
> 
> 5. Now there is difference for RHEL4 and RHEL5
> 
> RHEL 4 works on dir but for RHEL5 you need yum service
> 
> So if you have RHEL 5 read this other wise jump to Client part.
> 
> 6. # cd /var/ftp/pub/Server
> rpm -ivh createrepo-*.rpm
> 
> 7. #createrepo .  <=========observe dot here after space
> 
> 8. Wait and observe.....finish good.
> 
> Client part :-
> 
> for RHEL 4
> 
> 1. Boot your pc with first cd and give following to boot prompt
> boot : linux askmethod
> 
> 2. when it ask you select ftp method
> 3. at host or ip address insert your server ip address
> 4. source dir type "/pub"
> 
> Enjoy network installation.
> 
> if you are using RHEL5 you copy this file at /etc/yum.repos.d/
> 
> [rhel-base]
> name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch - basic
> baseurl=ftp://ip_address_of_server/Server
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=0
> #gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
> 
> Thats it now give
> 
> #yum list
> 
> Tell me if you have some error.
> 
> I hate people they ask questions and after they will not reply what happen.
> 
> 
> n Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Girish <girish at ismbangalore.com> wrote:
> > Hi Everybody,
> >
> >
> >
> >                  I want to configure a network installation server for
> > linux in our company.  Can anyone help me how to configure the server.  I
> > have searched in the net but I didn't get the full details how to configure.
> > Some searches say just configure nfs server for ftp server and install
> > through network.  Can anyone tell the entire procedure how to configure the
> > network installation server or where can I find the procedure or documents
> > to configure a network installation server.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> >
> >
> > Girish .M
> >
> > System Administrator
> >
> > ISM
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