Hi!
Copy the 3 cds into the same directory..
Then try to install with nfs.
(after exporting the directory for nfs access)
I install 9.1 this way in 10 machines..
El Vie 24 Oct 2003 07:12, T. Ribbrock escribió:
> With 9.1, I had the first CDROM mounted on the server and exported as
> NFS share. On the machine I was installing 9.1 on, I chose NFS install
> and gave the directory on the server. So far, so good. But: The
> install fails, as I only have one CD available and it doesn't give
> me the option to mount another one later (at least not as far as I can
> see). I then experimented with just mounting a partition with the ISOs
> on it, but that seemed to be a non-starter. I've used that technique
> in Red Hat Linux 7.3 before, with a hard disk install: You put the
> ISOs on a partition, point the installer to them and the installer
> will use them. So, either this isn't possible via NFS or MDK doesn't
> support this (or, if it is supported, I wasn't able to find the
> documentation describing it).
>
> In the end, I ended up copying the contents of all three CDs on one
> partitions into one big tree. That's possible, of course, but feels
> rather "clumsy", never mind that I'd have to do it for even more CDs
> with 9.2 (as I went for the Power Pack).
>
> Is there a better way? And where do I find it documented?
>
> Cheerio,
>
> Thomas
>
> P.S.: A bit of background: The installation is on a laptop with no
> CDROM, hence, a network install is the only option. NFS seemed
> the easiest option, as I have a file server anyway. FTP I would
> have to install (and uninstall later), which is more work... :-}
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