> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Dodd [mailto:ted@cypress.com] > Sent: Mon, October 14, 2002 11:36 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: how to fool redhat-config-packages? > > > > > Danial Howard wrote: > > I use my local mirror all the time for NFS and HTTP network > installs. > > I'm certain that it's a valid installation source. > > > > Here's what I use for NFS installs: > > > > server name: rhinstall > > directory: /exports/redhat/8.0/en/os/i386 > > Is everything in that path the same filesystem? > I tried with local files and loopback mounted *.iso > files and worked. But over NFS, only the upper directorty was > exported, > not the loopback mounts for each disk. > > You cannot use the --isodir option over NFS. > The runtime kernel doesn't support loopback over > the network like the install kernel does. Actually, using --isodir with NFS worked well for me. > > > redhat-config-packages --tree=/mnt/8.0/en/os/i386 > > That worked for local files. > > > Executing the above, I still get the error message > "Installation Tree > > Not Found. The path /mnt/8.0/en/os/i386 does not look like a valid > > Is the .diskinfo file in there? Can you post it's contents? > > > installation source." Similar error message for the second > with the / > > at the end. > > That's what I got when exporting a symlink tree to the loop > mounted iso files. > > I don't enough free space for the files and the iso's. :( > > -Thomas > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
