The Red Hat installer has long supported network installations via ftp, nfs, and http. It also supports loop mounting iso images provided you're not formatting the particular partition where they reside. In fact, this is how I personally do most of my upgrades, as I don't want to format /home and lose all my data. Actually, it's probably the fastest way to install, too. Thomas Stivers writes: > From: Thomas Stivers <stivers_t@ev1.net> > > On 11/08/02 7:51 AM -0600, John J. Boyer wrote: > > Can they be used over a network? Is there a > > way I can get into them as though they were directories on my machine? > > You can mount them as you would a filesystem. > mount -o loop cdimage.iso /mnt/cdrom > > You could probably mount an image over nfs or smb, but I haven't done it. > > > Thanks. > > John > > > > > > -- > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > > http://www.chpi.org > > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > Thomas Stivers > e-mail: stivers_t@ev1.net > http://stivers-home.dyndns.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list