--- Richard Atterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <Snipped> > I agree that DVD images would be nice. :) > > However, note that IMHO you only need 1200MB of free > space for your "package server" machine to be > usable: Transfer the first two CDs to its > HD, mount the third CD, and the resulting set of > available packages should be enough for an > installation on the s390.
Yes, but that precludes anything from the other three disks from being installed. Yes, it can be installed later, if needed/wanted, but why put people through that, if they know what they want from the start? > BTW, HTTP is probably better than NFS for this. See > the first point on > <http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#lan-install> for the > necessary sources.list entries. That assumes you have an HTTP server running on your base system. Please understand, this is a single-PC home environment I'm discussing here, running a RH7.3 setup without any HTTP server at all and no plans to install one. My primary goal is to run and learn Linux-390 under Hercules-390 emulation, not become a server guru. I'm already a mainframe guru in several subject areas, so I'm not looking to add another such bundle into my rapidly filling (or is that failing?) memories. > A different possibility is changing /etc/fstab on > the s390 during the installation in such a way that > if /cdrom is mounted there, it is actually > an NFS mount which corresponds to /cdrom on your > package server. So, whenever the s390 installation > asks you to swap CDs, you only need to mount > the correct CD on your package server to continue. This is a good alternative, but it is one that the debian installer should support. Someone with no knowledge of /etc/fstab should not be mucking around with something that can leave their system unbootable. I think I know enough to fix up /etc/fstab to do this, *BUT* it requires a working NFS on the base system that's running the Hercules emulator. I haven't got NFS working yet in the base RH7.3 system, and am having much trouble getting help from various lists. Most have ignored my questions and requests for help, including rh-valhalla, the Linux-390 list at Marist, and even the Hercules-390 list (so far). I will persist until I get a working NFS, but a DVD would still really simplify everyone's life, IMHO. I don't have the hardware to help develop it, but if those who do would do so and release it to the fine Debian CD vendors, I'd sure be willing to pay money for it. Regards, Peter __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
