Network install FC7

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Fri Nov 2 11:53:09 UTC 2007


Kam Leo wrote:
> On 11/1/07, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:

>> Is there a simple trick or a pointer to valid instructions? I can
>> install FC8 on the machine just fine, but pulling a pre-release
>> distribution over a slow (4Mbit) network is not what I want other than a
>> proof of concept.

> For NFS install you only need to provide access to the iso file. The
> information here,  http://fedoranews.org/dowen/nfsinstall , is a
> little dated but the concepts should hold.
> 
The document appears to refer to FC5 and earlier, or maybe FC6, when the 
install format changed from "many CDs" to "DVD" it looks as if something 
was lost, like the ability to install from your own local network copy.

Thanks for the link, however.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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