That's what the OP is saying to do when he states you loopback mount the ISO's.
Christopher J. Buckley
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On 11 Apr 2011, at 00:10, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 04/10/11 4:01 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
>> At Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:31:43 -0400 CentOS mailing list<centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Probably a simple question, but, I'd like to merge both install DVDs
>>> into one directory on my PXE server. Obviously I will need to copy all
>>> of the files, but do I need to cast a magical incantation to recreate
>>> .discinfo, .treeinfo, etc?
>> If all you want to do is create a PXE server that can be used to install
>> using NFS, you just need the DVD (or CD) .iso files in some NFS exported
>> (read-only!) directory. Loopback mount the first DVD/CD and copy the
>> image froms from images/pxeboot to /tftpboot and put entries in
>> /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default, and the right 'magic' in /etc/dhcpd.conf
>> and you are good to go.
>>
>
> the .iso files on the nfs ? I thought you put all the files IN the iso
>
> personally, when I do PXE, I use a http style install off a local copy
> of the repository. Its been a little while since i set it up, but
> IIRC, there's some mojo you put in the kickstart file on the tftproot to
> tell it what install type you want (nfs vs http vs whatever)
>
>
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