Re: [expert] NFS Install - How?
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 InvestigacionesFax: +54-221-425 4642 Fisicoquímicas Teórica y Aplicada. Suc. 4 C.C. 16 1900 La Plata, Argentina Calle 68 nro.74 (e118/119) Dto. 15Phone: +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) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NFS Install - How?
T. Ribbrock wrote: > 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). Only way I've ever found. :-( I tried it with Fedora, but that doesn't work. With that, only pointing to a dir with the iso files works, just the way mdk ought to. See also http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276. -- "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" Proverbs 9:10 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] NFS Install - How?
Hi all, after spending quite some time on Mandrake's site, Google, the list archive and the twiki, I'm still none the wiser: What *is* the correct (or best) way to use the NFS install option? Here's what I have so far: 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... :-} -- - Thomas Ribbrockhttp://www.ribbrock.org "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NFS install?
Gary Hodder wrote: I wonder if it will be possible to install Mandrake 9.,2 on an NFS system. I do not mean FROM an NFS system. I want to install Mandrake on a Diskless machine! Sorry for repeating stuff, but I want to make it clear that I do not want to install the system from an NFS mount! I haven't done it, but I know others have. The Linux Documentation Project is the best place on the net for information like this, www.tldp.org. Yours is at: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-Root.html Oh I see. The hard way :-) Had somewhat hoped that Mandrake would support it in the install phase. I usually hate to recompile Mandrake kernels have always had great trouble with them :-( You could also look at the Linux Terminal Server Project found at http://www.ltsp.org I have had 4 of these running ranging from pentium 120 with 32mb ram and up. 16mb of ram will work ok but 32 is better. My first was a dx2-66 with 8mb of ram, it worked but was a bit slow. The server will need plenty of ram, I had 512mb in the server and was using it as a client as well and it worked fine. LTSP is the reason that I want to install a machine on an NFS filesystem. LTSP needs a server. It's this server I want on an NFS filesystem :-) I do not want to waste 75GB to install an operating system that rarely will use more than 5. My server is real good at serving files but it doesn't have X on it and it never will either :-) Best Regards, Joachim Holst Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NFS install?
On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 04:03, Rob Blomquist wrote: > On Monday 20 October 2003 02:21, Joachim Holst wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > > > I wonder if it will be possible to install Mandrake 9.,2 on an NFS system. > > I do not mean FROM an NFS system. I want to install Mandrake on a Diskless > > machine! > > > > Sorry for repeating stuff, but I want to make it clear that I do not want > > to install the system from an NFS mount! > > I haven't done it, but I know others have. > > The Linux Documentation Project is the best place on the net for information > like this, www.tldp.org. Yours is at: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-Root.html > > Enjoy. You could also look at the Linux Terminal Server Project found at http://www.ltsp.org I have had 4 of these running ranging from pentium 120 with 32mb ram and up. 16mb of ram will work ok but 32 is better. My first was a dx2-66 with 8mb of ram, it worked but was a bit slow. The server will need plenty of ram, I had 512mb in the server and was using it as a client as well and it worked fine. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NFS install?
On Monday 20 October 2003 02:21, Joachim Holst wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I wonder if it will be possible to install Mandrake 9.,2 on an NFS system. > I do not mean FROM an NFS system. I want to install Mandrake on a Diskless > machine! > > Sorry for repeating stuff, but I want to make it clear that I do not want > to install the system from an NFS mount! I haven't done it, but I know others have. The Linux Documentation Project is the best place on the net for information like this, www.tldp.org. Yours is at: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-Root.html Enjoy. -- Linux: For the people, by the people. -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] NFS install?
Hi everyone! I wonder if it will be possible to install Mandrake 9.,2 on an NFS system. I do not mean FROM an NFS system. I want to install Mandrake on a Diskless machine! Sorry for repeating stuff, but I want to make it clear that I do not want to install the system from an NFS mount! Best Regards, Joachim Holst Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] nfs install problem
On Fri, 24 May 2002, bascule wrote: > i am trying to install cooker (actually the snf there) via nfs, i have the > network image on a floppy, i boot and follow the prompts, it gets the stage > where the install mounts thew shared volume and i get: > /usr/bin/perl: error while loading shared libraries: o.6: cannot open shared > object file: No such file or directory... > My NFS install woes were almost always related to the path to the installation media. I ended up create a link off / to hold everything, and then exporting the share to the world. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] nfs install problem
i am trying to install cooker (actually the snf there) via nfs, i have the network image on a floppy, i boot and follow the prompts, it gets the stage where the install mounts thew shared volume and i get: /usr/bin/perl: error while loading shared libraries: o.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory... on the box that is sharing the volume i have tried all combinations of root_squash/no_root_squash, rw/ro and insecure options, i gave the volume full 0777 permissions just to make sure and whatever i do i get this message, using the same boot floppy i can do an ftp install so i don't think that is broken, i must be missing something, i asked on the cooker list since this is a cooker install floppy but i've had no reply, i must be missing something abou nfs but i can't find anything else - the box i wish to install on has been installed via nfs from the same sharing machine before -, i even tried mounting the shared volume (which is a seperate partition on its own box) as ext2 as opposed to ext3 in case that made a difference but it didn't the volume that is being shared holds a copy of cooker that is rsynced regularly, recently i have rsynced it from several places and i am fairly sure all files are actually present though a pointer to which file this message might refer to would be useful, i believe it to be mdkinst_stage2.bz2 since 'loading stage 2' would be the next step in the install, if so i have deleted it several times and rsynced just to make sure it is fine, according to alt-f3 on the install box the volume is mounted fine and there is a message to the effect of 'disengaging life support system' i'm at hair tearing stage so any ideas would be useful bascule -- "I don't know, " said the voice on the PA, "apathetic bloody planet, I've no sympathy at all. " Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] NFS Install of 8.1??
Hi. I have FTP'd the 8.1 distribution (the dir tree not the .ISO images) and I have NFS exported the files from my solaris machine. I made a boot floppy using the 'network.img' file. After I boot from the floppy, I pick NFS. Then I pick DHCP. I enter the NFS server name and the path to the 8.1 distribution. Then I get the following messages: in second stage install Please wait while probing serial ports... failed to get server XF86_FBDev: Read-only file system at /usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_gtk.pm line 91. install exited abnormally :-( sending termination signals...done sending kill signals...done unmounting filesystems... /tmp/image /proc/bus/usb /proc you may safely reboot your system I managed to switch to console 2 (alt-f2) and run 'mount' before the system halted. It seems that what everprogram from the floppy mounted the NFS directory mounted it Read Only: # mount /dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0 /proc /proc proc rw 0 0 server:/path/to/mandrake/8.1/i586 /tmp/image nfs ro,v2,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,udp,nolock,addr=server 0 0 So obviously either it should be mounted read-write, or the other program shouldn't try to write to it. Personally I like it better mounted RO, because originally I had it exported only RO and I'd prefer it that way for security and sanity reasons. I'm curious, does this script also try to write to the CDROM? I wouldn't think that would work. I was able to initiate an FTP install, but I'd prefer NFS. -Kyle -- _ ---ooO( )Ooo--- Kyle J. McDonald (o o) Systems Support Engineer Sun Microsystems Inc.| High End Server Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 Network Drive BURL03-403 \\\// voice: (781) 442-2184 Burlington, MA 01803 (o o)fax: (781) 442-1646 ---ooO(_)Ooo--- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] nfs install
I am trying to do a 7.0 network install and am stuck at the point where it asks for: "Linux Mandrake install tree" I've tried nfs exporting the disc1/Mandrake directory and it fails with the above message. What tree is it looking for? Thanks, -- Mary Eriksen
