[CentOS] kickstart install using url location

[Clint Dilks]

Carlos Santana wrote:
> Well, I wish I could use DVD but my VMware server does not support it.
> It has an option only for CD ROM. :(
>
> I may not go for the second option (up-to-date with rsync) in order to
> get consistent installations. Although having latest code is nice, its
> not our requirement for this project.
>
> -
> CS.
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Kwan Lowe<kwan.lowe at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Carlos Santana <neubyr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Thanks nate.
>>> So how do we change between ISOs - e.g. insert disk3?
>>>
>>>       
>> It's much easier to grab the DVD iso and use that instead.  There are a
>> couple approaches:
>>
>> 1) Loopback mount the DVD iso to an FTP/HTTP accessible filesystem. Very
>> quick and painless.
>>
>> 2) Copy the CD/DVD iso contents to a standard filesystem. If you do this it
>> allows you to copy the update RPMs to the same location, then use the
>> repository tools to create the repo meta-data. This method allows you to
>> install the latest version at once.
>>
>> For the first case:
>> mount -o loop /path/to/5.3_DVD.iso /var/ftp/pub/centos_5.3_x86
>>
>> Your kickstart url would look like:
>>
>>   url --url ftp://192.168.8.65/pub/centos_5.3_x86/
>>
>>
>> In the second case, follow the instructions here:
>> http://www.howtoforge.com/creating_a_local_yum_repository_centos
>>
>>
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Hi Carlos,

What version of VMware are you using ?  I can confirm that if you are 
using VMware Infrastructure 3 you can mount both DVD and CD ISO's and 
just reference /dev/cdrom
I believe this is the same for all other versions of VMware as well but 
I have not confirmed this.

You should definitely be able to access DVD's easily from VMware

Good Luck