Network install

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

This works fine.  In the past I've stuck a Red Hat CD in a
machine and NFS-exported it to my LAN and installed machines
from it.  Works great :)

-derek

"Jerry Feldman" <gerry.feldman at compaq.com> writes:

> Kind of a hypothetical situation.
> The CD/DVD drive on my laptop is not currently working. For about 6 months 
> most of the time when booting the manufacturer name is garbled, such a 
> Poshiva or something as bizzarre. I want to install SuSE 7.3, which has 7 
> CDs and 1 DVD. My desktop does not have a DVD so I was thining:
> 
> Mount the DVD on my wife's Windows system, and copy the contents to my 
> desktop hard drive, that has plenty of space. Will that work for a network 
> install assuming I have an NFS server up and running on the desktop.(Or an 
> ftp server). I'd rather not copy or mount all 7 CD-ROMS. 
> 
> Anyhow, it's easier to ask and get people's experiences before spending the 
> time. --
> Jerry Feldman
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