Re: How to install fedora using ISO images on another machine

["Kam Leo" <kam leo gmail com>]

On 4/1/07, John DeDourek <dedourek unb ca> wrote:
> Doctor Who wrote:
> > I think I may have an issue with the CD drive on a machine that I want
> > to install Fedora on.  So I was thinking of putting the ISO images on
> > another machine and make them available via http (or NFS).
> >
> > Assuming I have a directory like this with the ISOs, what do I do
> > during install to point to these remote images as the install source?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> I'm in that situation with Fedora core 6.  I wanted to
> try FC7 test 2, but it only had the DVD available, if
> I read correctly.  I now plan to try FC7 test 3.  If
> it's only DVD, I will do the same thing, install over
> the network.  Only, I don't want to bring up an NFS
> server just to install a test3 machine.  I was rather
> hoping to do it using an ftp server.  (I have some experience
> with ftp; absolutely none with NFS).

You can. Just loopback mount the iso image, e.g. "mount -o loop -t
iso9660 filename.iso /mnt/iso", and share via ftp.