Thanks for this.

I was under the impression that an install from ISOs on an nfs share
is possible.
Is this not true?

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 07:01:38 -0600, Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> manchmal &#10240; wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I have an NFS server containing the four SL303 isos.
> > I would like to run an NFS install of SL using these isos, booting from the
> > first SL303 cd with linux askmethod.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what directory layout SL expects, and what path I should
> > enter for the install?
> > Are any other files are required (such as stage2 image)?
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> 
> Hi,
> Sorry for the delay, I am away, and my network connection has an
> annoying problem of taking 30-60 seconds to look up a domain name.
> 
> If you already have one machine installed, you can get what I am  going
> to send from /usr/share/doc/SL-release-3.0.3/README-i386-en
> I am pretty sure it's in the Documentation directory in the ftp site,
> but I'm having trouble looking that up right now.
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION
> 
>     Scientific Linux is delivered on seven CD-ROMs consisting of
>     installation CD-ROMs and source code CD-ROMs.
> 
>     The first Installation CD-ROM can be directly booted into the
> installation
>     on most modern systems, and contains the following directory structure
>     (where /mnt/cdrom is the mount point of the CD-ROM):
> 
>   /mnt/cdrom
>     |----> SL
>     |        |----> RPMS         -- binary packages
>     |        `----> base         -- information on this release of
> Scientific
>     |                               Linux used by the installation
>     |                               process
>     |----> dosutils              -- installation utilities for DOS
>     |----> images                -- boot and driver disk images
>     |----> isolinux              -- Files used for booting from CD
>     |----> README                -- this file
>     |----> RELEASE-NOTES         -- the latest information about this
> release
>     |                               of Scientific Linux
>     `----> RPM-GPG-KEY           -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat
> 
>     The remaining Installation CD-ROMs are similar to Installation CD-ROM 1,
>     except that only the SL subdirectory is present.
> 
>     The directory layout of all Source Code CD-ROMs are as follows:
> 
>   /mnt/cdrom
>     |----> SRPMS                 -- source packages
>     `----> RPM-GPG-KEY           -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat
> 
>     If you are setting up an installation tree for NFS, FTP, or HTTP
>     installations, you must copy the RELEASE-NOTES files and all files from
>     the SL directory on all Installation CD-ROMs. On Linux and UNIX
>     systems, the following process will properly configure the
>     /target/directory on your server (repeat for each disc):
> 
>      1. Insert CD-ROM
> 
>      2. mount /mnt/cdrom
> 
>      3. cp -a /mnt/cdrom/SL /target/directory
> 
>      4. cp /mnt/cdrom/RELEASE-NOTES* /target/directory (Installation CD 1
>         only)
> 
>      5. umount /mnt/cdrom
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> Troy Dawson
>