What I've done, rather than copy all the files from each CD / ISO is to loop
mount the ISO files on an accessible system, and use them from there.
The mount would look something like:
mount -t iso9660 -o loop /home/isos/suse9-64-CD1.iso /media/SuSE9-64/sles9/CD1
There's actually a specific set of directory names, documented on the first CD,
so that everything will be properly found by an install. The structure I have
is:
/media/SuSE9-64/ -- This is the directory I give as the base during the install.
|-- sles9
| |- CD1
|-- core9
|- CD1
|- CD2
|- CD3 ...
There are a couple of files to be copied / created in addition to the CDs, but
it works well. I'm using FTP to do the installs, but I think it would work the
same way for NFS. If you have a lot of ISO images, you may need to increase the
number of loop devices on the system.
Using the loop mount eliminates the need to copy all of the individual files,
and would allow you to replace a single ISO file, if something were updated
(unlikely), rather than having to copy all of the individual files. This is as
close to having a CD reader on the virtual machine as you can get. :-)
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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Smith, Ann (ISD,
IT)
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 4:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: SLES9 Installation - Very Basic
I have finally ordered SLES9 for zseries.
I ordered media which I have received.
There are 6 CD's for SLES9 64-bit for zseries and
6 CD's for 31-bit for s/390. I did not realize there was a 31-bit SLES9.
Why did I think SLES9 was 64-bit only?
I'm not sure anyone can answer that question.
But hopefully they can answer the one regarding setting up an installation
server for network installations-
What is the best method to use for getting the data off the CD's to disk and
installing using NFS?
The release notes in /docu on CD1 just say to enter
mkdir -p installroot/sles9/CD1 then copy contents of CD1 into the directory
mkdir -p installroot/core9/CD1 then copy contents of CD2 into this directory
mkdir -p installroot/core9/CD2 then copy contents of CD3 into this directory
and so on ...
I guess I just use cp command with -x and -a for this method and let yast
do the rest.
On the other hand the Redbook on LPAR to virtual servers in Two Days
(sg246695.pdf)
says to use dd to create ISO images and use mksles9root to creat the SLES9
install tree.
Which method is preferred?
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