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... :-} -- ================================================================= Lic. Alfredo Carlos López INIFTA - UNLP Phone: +54-221-425 7430 Instituto de Investigaciones Fax: +54-221-425 4642 Fisicoquímicas Teórica y Aplicada. Suc. 4 C.C. 16 1900 La Plata, Argentina Calle 68 nro.74 (e118/119) Dto. 15 Phone: +54-221-423 6240 1900 La Plata, Argentina Cell-Phone: +54-221-(15) 455 0141 ================================================================= "One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
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