Re: Smarter install - Headless

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On Tuesday 16 January 2007 09:38am, Jerry Williams wrote:
[snip]
> > > If no usb start network with dhcp and look for
> > > Web server linux ks=http://fedora7.<domain from dhcp>/ks.cfg
> > > Or maybe linux ks=http://fedora7.<domain from dhcp>/<mac address>.cfg
> >
> > Why?  Why not just use DHCP "nextserver" and "filename" options to get
> > the kickstart file via NFS?

OK.  I guess I'm confused by these:

> That is easy at home, not so easy at work

Why is it so hard to add two little line to a DHCP server at work yet so easy 
at home?  I would have to guess that you have a lot of red tape to deal with 
or something like that.

> and they try really hard not to 
> use nfs if possible.

Why?  What's wrong with NFS?

Network installs via either HTTP or FTP take longer (i.e. are slower) than via 
NFS.
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