Re: kickstarting using an smb server?

[Jim Wildman <jim rossberry com>]

No, he meant to take the cd's and install Linux on one of the boxes that
way.  Or use a floppy and install from the internet.  Then use that box
as your kickstart box for the rest.

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Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE                                jim rossberry com
http://www.rossberry.com

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, KHALID _ wrote:

> Seth vidal,
> 
> Do you mean I can use my windows box as a place to export my LINUX files and 
> rpms? and kickstart accordingly?
> 
> thanks;
> khalid
> 
> 
> >From: seth vidal <skvidal phy duke edu>
> >Reply-To: kickstart-list redhat com
> >To: kickstart-list redhat com
> >Subject: Re: kickstarting using an smb server?
> >Date: 21 Jan 2003 23:21:38 -0500
> >
> >On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 22:38, Niels Happel wrote:
> > > Ok,
> > >
> > > I am answering myself, or better: "I need your knowledge!"
> > >
> > > First of all: Sorry bout my bad english, next the cause of needing that 
> >kind
> > > of dirty hack: I ve got to migrate many workstatins from os2 to linux 
> >and the
> > > only thing I have to use for it are os2 servers running smb and an 
> >network
> > > that is absolutly overloaded. So there is no way to set up an ftp or 
> >http
> > > server without having security problems or paining the bandwith.
> > > No way - belive me, I ve checked and tested that all.
> > > The only way is to kickstart using os2 (dhcp and so on, ok) as an smb 
> >server
> > > for my linux system, so I need any idea kickstarting out of it.
> > >
> > > Does anybody know how to realize that stupid thing?
> >
> >setup one machine manually.
> >
> >copy the files to it.
> >set it up as a local (192.168.x.x) nfs server
> >kickstart your other boxes from there using local-only ip addresses
> >
> >no security problem, no additional pain.
> >
> >-sv
> >
> >
> >
> >
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