rance@frontiernet.net wrote:
I'm looking for how-tos/hints to make the following possible:
I downloaded all four centos 4.3 iso to a ext3 partition on my hd, burned the first disk only, and the a hd based install.
Problem: Centos didnt seem to take into account that I was doing a HD based install and and ask me if I wanted to use the hd images as a source for additional appliction installs later. Now it asks me for the cds and I dont want that. I want it to look at the hd for the additional rpms.
boot with the 'askmethod' option, or use the boot.iso to boot the machine, not cd-1.
Catch: The catch is that this "server" will eventually be setup to "feed" the cds out to clients when they install and when they "add apps later". So I'd like to use an implementation method that lends itself to both applications.
I'm open to nfs, ftp, or http content delivery to clients in case one or the other makes a difference.
http is my favorite option. once the machine is installed, setup a repository locally on the machine and share it out via httpd, let the remote machines either pxeboot or use the boot.iso to start the installer and install over the net.