On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 15:02 -0400, Bryan White wrote: > Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 00:36 +1000, Dennis Gilmore wrote: > >>would be really neat is to specify a location say a nfs share that has the > >>iso images and the package installer i.e yum, apt, or up2date could mount > >>that isos and get the packages off without having to make a package tree > > > > This reminds me of a doubt I have: > > 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 > > (...) > > > > and then point askmethod to ftp://server/pub/fc2/ ? > > > > Is this possible, or something like it? > > I don't know if the installer can read the ISOs like that. Here is what > I did: > ---- > mkdir /home/mirrors/FC2 > mkdir iso > mount FC2-i386-disc1.iso iso -t iso9660 -o loop=/dev/loop3 > cp -a iso/* /home/mirrors/FC2 erms... the purpose being using the original iso's and not wasting the double of the space? :) Rui
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