Brian K. Jones wrote:
Hi,
I think I'm tripping on some of the lingo here. In the FTP section of
the install manual, it shows a picture of the FTP dialog screen where
you can enter the name of the server and the directory containing the
'Redhat files for your architecture'. Simple 'nuff - been there,
done that.
However, it says on the bottom - in a 'Tip', that:
You can also install Red Hat Linux using ISO images without copying
them into a single tree by loopback mounting them as:
disc1/,disc2/,disc3
What exactly does that mean?
Can someone clarify this a little? How do you 'loopback mount'
something that's across the network, over FTP?
--
Brian K. Jones
System Administrator
Loopback mount is the way that you mount disk images (such as iso
images). On the server that has the iso images, you can make the disc1,
disc2, and disc3 directories and run `mount -o loop
valhalla-i386-disc1.iso disc1/`. This will mount the disk image on the
disc1 directory. It will now look just like the first CD-ROM disc.
If you didn't download the iso images, and bought the full set, good for
you! You can make the iso images by inserting the discs one by one in
you CD-ROM drive, and use this command to create the images:
`dd if=/dev/cdrom of=valhalla-i386-disc1.iso`
Of course you need to change the disc number and possibly the /dev/cdrom
entry.
Forrest
