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
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
