Install FC5 via FTP using loopback mounted iso's

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 07:10, Eric J. Feldhusen wrote:
> Is it possible to install FC5 via FTP, with the FC5 iso images mounted 
> using loop-back on the ftp server?  I've used this method with FC1-4, 
> and RHEL3-4, but for FC5, it doesn't work.  I haven't tried yet, but I 
> could loop-back mount the FC5 iso's and copy the iso's to a directory on 
> the ftp server, but the loop-back method is a nice method for saving 
> disk space.

It's even easier to install with NFS and let the installer
take care of the loop-back mounting for you.  Just download
the isos to an NFS-exported directory, burn only the first one
or the boot image file, boot with 'linux askmethod' at the
boot prompt, pick NFS as the method and fill in the location.

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  Les Mikesell
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