Linux

Ask something
Discussion Locked

Network Install of Redhat 8.0

0 helpful
5 replies

by spangles

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

Dear All,

I am starting my studies for RHCE and as a result will be rebuilding the workstation a lot. I do not have a CD burner and building the platform from FTP sites on the internet takes up a lot of time.

I'd like to use the FTP network build option using a windows server running FTP on my LAN.

Would anyone be able to advise me on which files I need to have available on the FTP server.

While I've got decent internet access I haven't bought the Redhat CDs.

Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated.

5 replies

by alveden

Haven't tried it with a windows FTP before, but I have perform ftp over network using linux ftp server. Should be same in concept.

Basically I downloaded all the binaries iso images ( Think should be 1-3 ) and expanded then into one single ftp root directory, following the redhat ftp directory structure. E.G, I place all the rpms from all three disk into a single RPMS directory and same with the rest of the directories.

Manage to boot up with floppy and installed through ftp.

by servermonkey

Since you need to focus on studying I would just get the entire set of cd's on the ftp server. Once you have the iso's, you need to mount them and copy the entire contents to the ftp directories. I would definitely use kickstart to do the installs.
Good Luck

Jeff

This discussion is closed to new replies.