[CentOS] centos 5.0/5.1 nfs kickstart

[Les Mikesell]

nate wrote:

>> Doesn't this take a considerable amount of setup work on the server side
>> per-distro/per-version?  For NFS you only have to download images into
>> directories under an nfs export.
> 
> It takes a bit of work, mount the iso image, copy contents to a directory,
> repeat for the rest. I like the contents of the images exposed, so if I
> need to find stuff later it's pretty easy. Initial setup time is about
> 15 minutes.

That's 15 minutes wasted as far as I'm concerned - plus it probably took 
you a lot longer the first time and you've duplicated the disk space. 
Getting the contents of an nfs-shared iso is as simple as loopback 
mounting it - in the unlikely event that you'd want to.

> So yeah, takes some time, but for me it's peanuts in comparison to
> what else has to be done to make the distribution "perfect".

But what's the point, when the installer knows how to deal with images 
directly and if you want a package later you'll probably let yum get a 
current version from the repositories anyway?

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   Les Mikesell
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