Topic: Installing Via NFS

[Andy]

Does anyone here know what changes I should make to the ks.cfg in the "bootnet.img" floppy in order to install SME 5 from a CDROM on our network shared via NFS?

I am intending to install SME5 in an old Compaq, it has two 1Gig SCSI drives so I will want to setup software RAID 1 also, Can anyone see me having any problems?

The SCSI controller is not going to be a problem (well supported under linux) neither is the built in Network card (AMD PCNET32)

I am afraid I dont have a SCSI CDROM to install from, hence the need for NFS.

Many thanks.

[robert]

Have you tried the kickstart-howto (or is it a mini-howto; I forget) at linuxdoc.org?
Robert

[Andy]

Not yet.. Will go and have a look now
I didn't realise there was one...

[trevorb]

I've installed by FTP (using the network boot floppy) with no issues. It prompts for the location of the sme package. Should do the same for NFS (the only thing I had to do was use static ips for the 2 boxes as I didn't have a DHCP server at the time). Have also done the 4.1.2 => 5.1.2 upgrade the same way (have no interest in putting a CDROM drive in the server)

Just give it a try.

Trevor B

Andy wrote:
>
> Does anyone here know what changes I should make to the
> ks.cfg in the "bootnet.img" floppy in order to install SME 5
> from a CDROM on our network shared via NFS?
>
> I am intending to install SME5 in an old Compaq, it has two
> 1Gig SCSI drives so I will want to setup software RAID 1
> also, Can anyone see me having any problems?
>
> The SCSI controller is not going to be a problem (well
> supported under linux) neither is the built in Network card
> (AMD PCNET32)
>
> I am afraid I dont have a SCSI CDROM to install from, hence
> the need for NFS.
>
> Many thanks.

[Andy]

Could I have a copy of the ks.cfg file you used..

Did you have to modify anything else?
I think I have it sussed but I will not be having another go untill tomorrow.

Cheers