[Tfug] Debian install from a local fileserver

[Benjamin Krein]

Debian's docs have the answer:

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s06.html.en

Benjamin Krein
www.superk.org

On Feb 7, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Richard Rohrdanz wrote:

> I have spent many hours trying to do this install without success.
> Maybe there is something unique about my setup.
>
> Here are all the details: I am running a Windows XP SP1 machine which
> connects to the Internet through an ISDN line (128Kbps). Other
> machines on the LAN get to the Internet through Internet Connection
> Sharing (ICS) from the Windows machine. Due to this arrangement I
> cannot use DHCP.
>
> I have Fedora Core 4 on a second machine (on the LAN) and it's running
> NFS. Using the NFS Server Configuration window (not command lines) I
> can verify that I am sharing 4 Debian ISO images (not the individual
> files and folders) with all the hosts in read-only mode. Note that
> this is NFS and not Samba. The ISOs are in directory:
> /home/installmstr/DebianISOs
> I know that's a long name with mixed case but that's what I'm using.
>
> The third machine (also on this LAN) is the one I am trying to install
> Debian on. Just to make sure the machines were all talking to each
> other and to the Internet, I started an http: install earlier today.
> The install was going along very nicely downloading packages from the
> USC mirror but the projected duration of the download was over 9
> hours! That's why I want to use my local machine.
>
> The Windows machine (the gateway) is at 192.168.0.1. The Fedora NFS is
> at 192.168.0.59. The third machine can be set to any IP address but I
> have chosen 192.168.0.88 for it. There is no local DNS so I use
> Qwest's servers (205.171.3.65 and 205.171.2.65).
>
> The install progresses to the point where I choose 'fileserver' as the
> source for the packages. The next screen asks for the directory
> containing the mirror but none of the entries that I made will work.
> Each time the install complains that it cannot find that directory.
> What would be the exact entry for this?
>
> My goal is to be able to do an NFS (not CD) type install on 7
> computers that currently are running the same copy of Win98 SE.
>
> I have lots of experience with Windows machines but I'm a newbie when
> it comes to Debian/Linux so please don't assume I know anything more
> about Linux than how to spell it.
>
>
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