Re: cobbler installation of CentOS-5.5

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]



On 3/28/2011 11:28 AM, Nataraj wrote:
>
> Cobbler is rather complex to setup. If you want to pxeboot, you can
> still do this much faster by setting up a tftp server, a dhcp server and
> exporting the install tree via NFS or HTTP. I simply loop mount the ISO
> image and export the mounted DVD via NFS. I use something similar to
> what is described
> herehttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/PXEInstallMultiDistro
>
> In your case, I think I would just follow Les Mikesell's advice and do
> an NFS install. This is described in the Redhat installation guide. See
> the sections on "Preparing for an NFS install", "Selecting an
> installation Method", and "Installing via NFS". Alternatively you can
> use HTTP instead of NFS.

An nfs install works just by pointing to a directory containing the 
downloaded CD isos.  For http you'd have to loopback-mount or copy the 
files out on the server side.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos


[Index of Archives]     [CentOS]     [CentOS Announce]     [CentOS Development]     [CentOS ARM Devel]     [CentOS Docs]     [CentOS Virtualization]     [Carrier Grade Linux]     [Linux Media]     [Asterisk]     [DCCP]     [Netdev]     [Xorg]     [Linux USB]
  Powered by Linux