hi there, i try to install centos 5 via http, but i don't know what to put in when it asks for "Web site name" & "CentOS directory". can someone give me this info? can i used mirror.centos.org & /centos/5/os/i386/???
i only have the boot cd & i don't want to download and burn all 6 cds.
thanks
On Nov 26, 2007 3:21 PM, Hiep Nguyen hiep@ee.ucr.edu wrote:
hi there, i try to install centos 5 via http, but i don't know what to put in when it asks for "Web site name" & "CentOS directory". can someone give me this info? can i used mirror.centos.org & /centos/5/os/i386/???
i only have the boot cd & i don't want to download and burn all 6 cds.
Hi,
Yes, mirror.centos.org as website name and centos/5/os/i386/ as directory should work. You can also go over mirrorlist (http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=13) and do the same with a mirror that is close to you.
Regards, Tim
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Tim Verhoeven wrote:
On Nov 26, 2007 3:21 PM, Hiep Nguyen hiep@ee.ucr.edu wrote:
hi there, i try to install centos 5 via http, but i don't know what to put in when it asks for "Web site name" & "CentOS directory". can someone give me this info? can i used mirror.centos.org & /centos/5/os/i386/???
i only have the boot cd & i don't want to download and burn all 6 cds.
Hi,
Yes, mirror.centos.org as website name and centos/5/os/i386/ as directory should work. You can also go over mirrorlist (http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=13) and do the same with a mirror that is close to you.
Regards, Tim
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i used mirror.steadfast.net for web site and centos/5.0/os/i386/CentOS/ for directory, but i got this error:
Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated. Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: anaconda-base-200704101950.i386.
any clue what to do.
T. Hiep
On Nov 26, 2007 3:45 PM, Hiep Nguyen hiep@ee.ucr.edu wrote:
i used mirror.steadfast.net for web site and centos/5.0/os/i386/CentOS/ for directory, but i got this error:
Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated. Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: anaconda-base-200704101950.i386.
any clue what to do.
Try with /centos/5.0/os/i386 instead of /centos/5.0/os/i386/CentOS
Regards, Tim
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Tim Verhoeven wrote:
On Nov 26, 2007 3:45 PM, Hiep Nguyen hiep@ee.ucr.edu wrote:
i used mirror.steadfast.net for web site and centos/5.0/os/i386/CentOS/ for directory, but i got this error:
Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has been correctly generated. Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: anaconda-base-200704101950.i386.
any clue what to do.
Try with /centos/5.0/os/i386 instead of /centos/5.0/os/i386/CentOS
Regards, Tim
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thanks that worked. T. Hiep
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Tim Verhoeven wrote:
On Nov 26, 2007 3:21 PM, Hiep Nguyen hiep@ee.ucr.edu wrote:
hi there, i try to install centos 5 via http, but i don't know what to put in when it asks for "Web site name" & "CentOS directory". can someone give me this info? can i used mirror.centos.org & /centos/5/os/i386/???
i only have the boot cd & i don't want to download and burn all 6 cds.
Hi,
Yes, mirror.centos.org as website name and centos/5/os/i386/ as directory should work. You can also go over mirrorlist (http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=13) and do the same with a mirror that is close to you.
Maybe I missed the install option, but I didn't know this was possible!
I thought the install could only occur from CD or DVD media?
Scott
Regards, Tim
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Scott Ehrlich wrote:
Maybe I missed the install option, but I didn't know this was possible!
I thought the install could only occur from CD or DVD media?
Scott
Far from it, you can install from CD, DVD, NFS, FTP and HTTP. Google for kickstart install media to see.
just pass the parameters
linux --url=http://location/to/install/from
and you're off and running :)
On Nov 26, 2007 11:50 AM, James A. Peltier jpeltier@cs.sfu.ca wrote:
Scott Ehrlich wrote:
Maybe I missed the install option, but I didn't know this was possible!
I thought the install could only occur from CD or DVD media?
Scott
Far from it, you can install from CD, DVD, NFS, FTP and HTTP. Google for kickstart install media to see.
just pass the parameters
linux --url=http://location/to/install/from
and you're off and running :)
Not only that, but you can make a nice small (10Mb) iso image that you can use to boot from. Great for mounting virtual media in a Dell DRAC to launch a network install. Here's the docs on how to do it:
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Installation_Guide-en-US/ch02s04.html
See section 2.4.2.
Jeff
Jeff Larsen wrote:
Not only that, but you can make a nice small (10Mb) iso image that you can use to boot from. Great for mounting virtual media in a Dell DRAC to launch a network install. Here's the docs on how to do it:
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Installation_Guide-en-US/ch02s04.html
See section 2.4.2.
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The CentOS DVD images (not sure about CD images) have an images directory that contains a boot.iso file that can be used to net boot machines. That's the one I used.
Together with a combination of autofs, lighttpd, rsync'ing and cron I am able to fully support a lab of about 500 machines and a small cluster using just 10 boot CDs and some kickstart files, boot and update the machines in about an hour. Including system customization, also done through shell scripts.
The CentOS DVD images (not sure about CD images) have an images directory that contains a boot.iso file that can be used to net boot machines. That's the one I used.
Together with a combination of autofs, lighttpd, rsync'ing and cron I am able to fully support a lab of about 500 machines and a small cluster using just 10 boot CDs and some kickstart files, boot and update the machines in about an hour. Including system customization, also done through shell scripts.
have you had a look at cobbler and koan? They will do all this for you automagically
Tom Brown wrote:
have you had a look at cobbler and koan? They will do all this for you automagically
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We do not have DHCP addressing for the networks I manage. I wish we did, but I have written scripts that automatically generate the kickstart configuration files and manually typing the linux ks=... lines don't take a lot of time. I wish I didn't have to do that either, but hey, it works. ;)
James A. Peltier wrote:
We do not have DHCP addressing for the networks I manage. I wish we did, but I have written scripts that automatically generate the kickstart configuration files and manually typing the linux ks=... lines don't take a lot of time. I wish I didn't have to do that either, but hey, it works. ;)
I should also mention that my installation server is running Ubuntu, my Kickstart/Autoyast server is running Suse and so RH specific tools just don't work for me ;)
We do not have DHCP addressing for the networks I manage. I wish we did, but I have written scripts that automatically generate the kickstart configuration files and manually typing the linux ks=... lines don't take a lot of time. I wish I didn't have to do that either, but hey, it works. ;)
ok but using koan you dont need dhcp - to me typing linux xxxxx 500 times is 500 times too many ;)
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