Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3138 mails)

[Kastus <NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 08:07:05PM -0600, Glenn Holmer wrote:
> Can anybody point me to a good set of instructions on how to install
> SUSE 9.2 from a network source?  

This is how I did it.

1. On the server machine (in my cas running SUSE 9.1/apache2)
creat a file /etc/apache2/conf.d/suse-media.conf with the
following content (let's assume you are using 192.168.0.0 network):

Alias /suse /suse
<Directory "/suse">
	Allow from 192.168 127.0.0.1
	Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks
</Directory>

2. Restart apache on the server

3. Mount DVD on /suse (as root) "mount /dev/dvd /suse"

4. Boot new machine off SUSE 9.2 CD1

5. Select "Manual Installation"

6. Select the language

7. Select the keyboard mapping

8. Select Kernel Modules and load a driver for your NIC

9. Go back to Main Menu and select Start Installation, then 
Start Installation or Update

10. Choose the source media Network

11. Choose the network protocol HTTP

12. Automatic configuration via DHCP - No

13. Enter IP address for your new machine

14. Enter netmask

15. Don't change gateway

16. Press Esc for the name server

17. Enter the IP address of your HTTP server

18. No proxy

19. Enter the directory on the server /suse

20. Proceed with installation


> My main box has DVD, but not the
> test boxen I want to install on.  I tried exporting the DVD via FTP;
> got the install to start and YaST came up, but when he got to the
> package selection, he couldn't find anything.  Do you actually have
> to copy the files to disk?

As you see, it does not require copying of any files from DVD

Regards, -Kastus