[Cialug] Fedora Install TO an NFS mount

[Paul Gray]

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On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 06:10:33PM -0600, Dave Weis wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 


Another option that you might try, is system-config-netboot in an RPM-based
distro (which seems to be your case).  It allows a single server to dish out
pre-established images on-the-fly and save the state across reboots.
You'll want a PXE-boot, and tftp server, and a pre-rolled image.  Once you have
these three things, you have the capability of rolling out any number of
systems on the fly.

(/me does bootless clusters in this manner, but with a Debian twist.)

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