On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 22:34, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On May 24, 2004, Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Can one simply mount, say... > > > /mnt/rec/FC2-i386-isos/FC2-i386-disc1.iso > > /var/ftp/pub/fc2/disc1 auto defaults,loop=/dev/loop0 0 0 > > > /mnt/rec/FC2-i386-isos/FC2-i386-disc2.iso > > /var/ftp/pub/fc2/disc2 auto defaults,loop=/dev/loop1 0 0 > > > /mnt/rec/FC2-i386-isos/FC2-i386-disc3.iso > > /var/ftp/pub/fc2/disc3 auto defaults,loop=/dev/loop2 0 0 > > > /mnt/rec/FC2-i386-isos/FC2-i386-disc4.iso > > /var/ftp/pub/fc2/disc4 auto defaults,loop=/dev/loop3 0 0 > > > and then point askmethod to ftp://server/pub/fc2/ ? > > I don't think so. That would be nice very though. I think that's been supported for quite a while now. From anaconda's install-methods.txt: - FTP/HTTP (from a directory of loopback-mounted ISOs) ------------------------------------------------------ Summary: Pulls files from tree via FTP. Looks in 'disc1/' directory to contain files from CD #1, 'disc2/' for CD #2, etc. These can be created on the server by loopback mounting the ISO images into these directories under the directory made available to ftp. - Panu -
