On Tue, 12 Jul 2011, Keith Roberts wrote: **snip** >> Conclusion: >> I'm still trying > > Hi David. I seem to remember doing an http:// install using > the net installer CD. I did it via my LAN from my main > machine to an old laptop that could not read the DVD media. > > Is that an option on the Centos net installer CD, and will > that work for you? > > I think you just need to copy the OS installation files in a > directory under your Apache Document_root, and the installer > just grabs the files via http. > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Installation_Guide/s1-steps-network-installs-x86.html#id886240 > 4.6. Preparing for a Network Installation This was a few years ago, but IIRC, I just created a temporary directory under my Apache DocumentRoot, and then mounted the DVD iso image in my downloads directory, with something like this: [root]# mount -v CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-DVD.iso /srv/www/centos-5.5 -o loop Then from the machine I was going to do the http network install on, I used a web browser to check that I could get a directory listing of the DVD's contents, mounted under /srv/www/centos-5.5 Give Anaconda the IP address of the machine you want to install from, and the directory and then it does the rest I think. HTH Keith ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------