[ OT for suse-security, but maybe of interest for SuSE folks ] On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 08:02 -0800, Christopher Mahmood wrote:
You can do an ftp installation by downloading the bootdisk (and modules disk if you you need it).
Which reminds me ... Last time I checked I had SuSE 7.0 floppies which refused to install from a publicfile server (DJB software) in FTP mode. Neither did I check HTTP mode nor SuSE 7.1 floppies. I guess it's due to the unexpected listing layout, no client I know has problems getting single files when requested with a pathname while only few can list out directory contents (putting squid between the client and the server helps a lot:). And from what I've seen scanning the list output is a little different: it's not about counting positions but about searching for separators / field identifiers. Does the SuSE installer not only request expected files but list directories, too? I don't see the reason for it to fail ... NB: OpenBSD's as well as FreeBSD's installers cope fine with publicfile servers and have done so for quite some time.
You can't do an nfs installation from ftp.suse.com but if you need to install to a lot of machines it's definitely worth the trouble to setup a local nfs server.
This scenario (local NFS servers to install from) is often found in .edu style institutions (universities and the like) or huge enterprises. Ask your local admin. :) I'm not positive whether any uni admin will provide this service publically or if SuSE will consider doing this (since Ramon only attacks RH machines ... :> ). virtually yours 82D1 9B9C 01DC 4FB4 D7B4 61BE 3F49 4F77 72DE DA76 Gerhard Sittig true | mail -s "get gpg key" Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net -- If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above ask your parents or an adult to help you.