On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 21:34 -0700, Mark Pryor wrote: > > > --- On Mon, 7/21/08, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [CentOS] harddisc or nfs based install > > To: "'CentOS mailing list'" <centos@centos.org> > > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 6:57 PM > > When choosing either of these methods and using an iso, how > > does CentOS determine > > the right iso file to mount? Is there an expected file name > > format? > > Joseph, > > Say you have the iso: CentOS-5.2-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso (4.6 GB) > > that iso is too big for a vfat partition, so it should be downloaded to > an ext3 type. > > If you check the images folder (after mounting as iso9660) > mount -t iso9660 ./CentOS-5.2-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso /mnt/nfs -o loop,ro > > IOW check /mnt/nfs/images > inside there are several mini-boot images: an boot.iso to burn to CD and > diskboot.img for a USB boot. > > Using either, once you get to the prompt: > >linux askmethod > > it will bring up the menu for nfs or harddisk. > > nfs > ---- > nfs has worked flawlessly for me. You need another box which has the iso > mounted (shown above) and that mount point exported via nfs. Make sure the > box targetted for install has a common enough ethernet device which the boot > kernel supports and plug it in to your network. The installer will configure > it for dhcp. > > You will need the IP address of the nfs server and its nfs mount point > (/mnt/nfs) to get the installer kicked off. > > harddisk > ------- > This method has not worked for me on C5, though on fedora it always worked. > To see for yourself, pick a neutral partition (ext3) like /data and put the > DVD iso in the root. If the iso is unique and the only possible C5 DVD iso, > then all you need to give the menu is the device name (/dev/sda3 or whatever > it is) -- the installer will do the smart thing and find the iso. > > It will start to boot and the install will begin, but it will fail early in > the same spot -- IIRC, its the proposal/partition stage or immediately there > after. I've always given up on the harddisk method on C5. I would be very > happy to hear that others got it to work! >
I am just wondering if you might be experiencing a problem connected to the updated script language...some commands changed or deprecated...I know I went thru some of that at the advent of c5.0...just a thought rado _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
