On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 11:34:44PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
Download to a directory exported with NFS, burn the first one and boot with 'linux askmethod' at the boot prompt, pick 'nfs image' as the method and fill in the host/path information. The install does all the magic of loopback mounting the iso images for you and will switch atomatically when needed. Once it is started you can let it run unattended.
I much prefer http installs, and my kickstart scripts have evolved to expect it.
While there is very little difference between nfs and http installs, I found that I prefered nfs because I could eject the CD and take it away after the install got going; http installs seemed to hang on to the CD until the first boot.
Of course now that I'm getting everything going with PXE (through Cobbler), I suspect the difference is again pretty much insignificant.