I forgot to answer one of your questions. From what I recall, once you start the installation process, you point it to an FTP/SMB/whatever server, and it pulls over the files in s390/RedHat/base, and then immediately goes after the files in s390/RedHat/RPMS. So, I would have to say no, you can't start the install without the RPMs already in place.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Chet Norris [mailto:chet10719@;yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RHSETUP and LOADER Fails Alright, you know the situation, the company won't spend money to buy CD's. So, to FTP the distribution to a server (CD or DASD) what do I need? It looks like the first thing that LOADER goes after is /s390/RedHat/base files, then it goes for the s390/RedHat/RPMS/ files. What are you including in your 1.4GB estimate, and is there a way to run LOADER (or RHSETUP) by not first downloading the RPMS file to a local server? I do still have the SuSE 7.0 CD's, but the company wants RedHat, is loading SuSE first the best option, then setting it up as the Redhat distribution FTP server?
