On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Chet Norris wrote:
> Alright, you know the situation, the company won't spend money to buy
> CD's. So, to FTP the distribution to a server (CD or DASD) what do I
> need? ...
Linux supports "loopback mount" where a file can be mounted
as if it were a device. Can't buy the CDs? Can you burn them?
Hmmm... Can't burn your own either. Bummer. But! All is not lost!
FTP the .iso files to a PC Linux box, mount "loop back",
export them via NFS, then mount via NFS on the target system.
For example (using just one CD; "start here") call it "cd1.iso":
FTP cd1.iso to a Linux PC then on that PC do a
mount -r -o loop -t iso9660 /cdrom
Ensure that "/cdrom" is exported via NFS.
On the installation system, do
mkdir /cdrom
chmod 555 /cdrom
mount -r pclinuxbox:/cdrom /cdrom
then get back into RHSETUP
Perform a minimal installation to get the zSeries/390 instance viable,
then mount other CDs using "loop back" on THAT side (no more need
for the PC).
