Re: NFS Install is Impossible from CD/ISO's

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Carl Litt wrote:
> I just encountered a disappointing oversight in the install process for
> RedHat 7.3.  I have booted my new system on the bootnet floppy and
> proceeded with the NFS image install.  My 7.3 ISO's are exported from
> a fileserver.  I don't see the need to burn the images and install a CD 
> drive in every machine I have to install when I have this nifty NFS
> option.
>
> So after 2 hours of selecting packages and waiting for badblocks, I run 
> into a terminal error:  "The file /mnt/source/.... cannot be opened.   
> This is due to a missing file... Press <return> to try again".  Well of 
> course, the installer doesn't bother trying to "switch discs" in an NFS 
> install.  And since it appears to still be using the disc1 image I can't 
> unmount/mount the new discs in it's place.  Did anybody ever _try_ an 
> NFS install before you rolled this out?  It seems like a pretty important 
> feature to me.
>
> Come on, guys, even _Windows 95_ prompts you for alternate paths...

Did you send this info to RedHat via bugzilla?  They would like to
hear about this sort of thing.
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