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Title: CD-less Installation
Post by: Noah Berlove on September 07, 2000, 12:11:21 AM

I have a machine onto which I want to install e-smith.  However, there currently isn't a cd rom drive installed.  Rather than install a drive (and then take it our when I'm done), is there another way to install the software.

Thanks.

Noah

Title: RE: CD-less Installation
Post by: jms on September 07, 2000, 02:54:24 AM

NO there isn't

Title: RE: CD-less Installation
Post by: stephen noble on September 07, 2000, 06:59:53 AM

YES there is

it's the same as for a base red hat disto
mount your CD and export it as via NFS
(or FTP or HTML)
use the bootnet.img image instead of the boot.img for your boot floppy

stephen

Title: RE: CD-less Installation
Post by: Bengt Norhager on September 13, 2000, 01:23:35 AM

If you have problem with the bootnet.img, use the floppy image from a standard Redhat distribution.
The previous release (3.x e-smith) bootnet.img doesent work with NFS and propably not with FTP.

Bengt

Title: RE: CD-less Installation
Post by: Damien Curtain on September 13, 2000, 04:23:29 AM

Bengt Norhager wrote:

> If you have problem with the bootnet.img, use the floppy image
> from a standard Redhat distribution. The previous release (3.x
> e-smith) bootnet.img doesent work with NFS and propably not
> with FTP.

the network boot image for version 4 of e-smith works fine. why would you encourage someone to use 3.x while e-smith 4.0 is available and proven reliable?

--
 Damien

Title: RE: CD-less Installation
Post by: Noah Berlove on September 15, 2000, 06:58:59 AM

stephen noble wrote:

> YES there is
>
> it's the same as for a base red hat disto mount your CD and
> export it as via NFS (or FTP or HTML) use the bootnet.img image
> instead of the boot.img for your boot floppy
>
> stephen

Can you give me more information on how to do this (i.e. the part about exporting the CD via NFS or FTP).  Thanks.

Title: RE: CD-less Installation
Post by: stephen noble on September 15, 2000, 10:05:58 AM

>Can you give me more information on how to do this (i.e. the part about >exporting the CD via NFS or FTP).  Thanks.

seeing as my nfs isn't working at the moment i don't think i should answer that.
the instructions may be distro specific as well.
eg for redhat as root use ntsysv to start the services, and linuxconf to export the drive.

what i last did was put the new drive in a pc with a cd and intalled in place, the install is pretty machine independant.
then replace and configure in the cd-less pc
this is pretty fast to do.

stephen

Title: RE: CD-less Installation
Post by: Edward OBrien on September 18, 2000, 11:23:15 AM

I assume this is for RHL computers, but it seems clear enough.

http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/NFS-Tips/NFS-Tips.html