On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 21:02, Al Sparks wrote:
I want to set up a server that will do network installs of CentOS, perhaps through NFS.
Ideally, I'd put a CentOS in the CD of the target computer, I boot it off of that CD, and then the rest is done over my network and with the server.
Has anyone done that and published it? Where can I find docs?
If you download the iso images to an NFS exported directory you can burn only the first CD and boot it with 'linux askmethod' at the boot prompt, then select NFS as the install method and fill in the server and path info. Once it starts the install it will take care of all the loopback mounts for you so you don't have to wait around and swap CDs. You can automate even more with a kickstart file, but answering those first few questions doesn't take that long.