On 04/10/2011 07:10 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 04/10/11 4:01 PM, Robert Heller wrote: >> At Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:31:43 -0400 CentOS mailing list<centos at centos.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Probably a simple question, but, I'd like to merge both install DVDs >>> into one directory on my PXE server. Obviously I will need to copy all >>> of the files, but do I need to cast a magical incantation to recreate >>> .discinfo, .treeinfo, etc? >> If all you want to do is create a PXE server that can be used to install >> using NFS, you just need the DVD (or CD) .iso files in some NFS exported >> (read-only!) directory. Loopback mount the first DVD/CD and copy the >> image froms from images/pxeboot to /tftpboot and put entries in >> /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default, and the right 'magic' in /etc/dhcpd.conf >> and you are good to go. >> > > the .iso files on the nfs ? I thought you put all the files IN the iso > > personally, when I do PXE, I use a http style install off a local copy > of the repository. Its been a little while since i set it up, but > IIRC, there's some mojo you put in the kickstart file on the tftproot to > tell it what install type you want (nfs vs http vs whatever) Ya, I use it over http as well. In kickstart; use: url --url=http://192.168.1.254/c5/x86_64/img/ In the PXE config file, the matching entry would be something like: LABEL c5_an-node01 MENU LABEL ^1) Install AN!Node01; Storage Node 01 - Cluster 2 KERNEL boot/c5/x86_64/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=boot/c5/x86_64/initrd.img ks=http://192.168.1.254/c5/x86_64/ks/an-node01.ks ksdevice=eth1 -- Digimer E-Mail: digimer at alteeve.com AN!Whitepapers: http://alteeve.com Node Assassin: http://nodeassassin.org