[Cialug] Fedora Install TO an NFS mount

[Dave Weis]

Tom Pohl wrote:
> I'm trying (for laziness sake) trying to network install a diskless 
> workstation to an nfs mount without needing to resort to using a compact 
> flash or other removable media.  I had imaged another server to use as 
> my nfs root but after much troubleshooting realized that my diskless box 
> is a i586 processor and my nfs root is 686 based.  I've tried dropping 
> to a shell and mounting my nfs volume manually, but the installer 
> doesn't recognize it as a valid destination.  I've even mounted my 686 
> nfs root (thinking that when it detects previous installations it would 
> be found) with no luch.

You will probably have to do the install yourself, make the typical root 
  directories, do rpm --install --root /nfsroot/ basesystem-x.rpm and 
keep installing packages until it works. Make sure you don't forget the 
--root or bad things will happen. You could probably use rpm  -qa --qf 
%{NAME}\\n with some magic to determine which RPM's you want to install.

dave