Network Installation OF OS.

[varian_1]

Hi,

I have RH AS4.0 ISO iamge files. Can some one tell me steps to install OS over the network.

Thanks & Regards

Varian Crasto

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Varian,

Red Hat permits installation from ISO files from a NFS installation point.

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc5/test1-en/

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/release-notes/es-x86/

http://info.ccone.at/INFO/Mail-Archives/redhat/Feb-2004/msg00423.html

I think the top link is best and is applicable to ES 4.0

SEP

[Indrajit_1]

Hi,
i can suggest u to go for NFS installation...

Procedure..
#mkdir /dump
Enter the first cd in cdrom..

#mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
#cd /mnt
#cp -R RedHat /dump -v

For next cds, do the following steps..

#cd /mnt/RedHat/RPMS
#cp * /dump/RedHat/RPMS -v
#vi /etc/exports
/dump 192.168.0.0/24(rw,async,root_no_sqush)

save and come out..
#service nfs restart
Enter the first cd of linux OS
search for .img file in CD
(it should be under cd /mnt/images)
insert one new floppy disk in floppy drive and type the following commands...
#dd if=file.img of=/dev/fd0
Boot the machine with bootable floppy..
following the insturction as display in ur screen during installation...

Hope it will resolve ur issue..


cheers
indrajit

[Vipulinux]

you can mount the iso on the NFS system by foll command:
mount -o loop /path_to_iso /export/dump

then set up NFS to export : /export/dump directory

now on client machine, boot using boot floppy and select NFSD as the install method.

hope this helps

[Nils_9]

Hi,

you can also use http and ftp for network installations. For Red Hat and Fedora, just copy the first CD in a directory. Then, copy the rpm files from the other CD's to the rpm directory of the copied CD.

If you don't want to burn CD's, you can mount the ISO image files (mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path/of/the/mountpoint /path/of/the/file.iso).