[Tfug] Debian install from a local fileserver

[ken fancher]

On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 12:44 -0700, ken fancher wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 11:15 -0700, Richard Rohrdanz wrote:
> > I need to be able to install Debian on several computers. My
> > connection is not fast enough to do installs via the Internet. I would
> > prefer to use a local fileserver (NFS?) so that I don't have to
> > shuffle CDs.
> > 
> > I booted from CD #1 and got to the screen where it asks where 'apt'
> > should get the packages from. I selected 'fileserver'. The next screen
> > asked for the mirror and had the text '/debian' pre-positioned as a
> > response. On my LAN I have a Fedora installation running NFS. The
> > Debian ISO images are located on that machine in  /install/DebianISOs.
> > What should I use for the mirror name?
> > 
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> your probobly going to have to extract the iso's like it would be on the
> mirrors cause it searches the pool directory for the apps but it should
> be smb://ipaddy/install/debian if your nfs is useing samba if not then
> protocol://ipaddy/install/debian and to "extract" them you have to mount
> -t iso9660 -o loop /home/blah/whatever.iso /cdrom or /mnt wherever you
> want it to mount and cp -rf */ then cp *./ to /install/debian 
> 
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sorry not cp *./ its cp *.*