I would second Dave's confirmation about using NFS server to install RH over a network.
This has worked very well for me in the past, and I don't worry about the precisely what is on the CD's - just copy them all to the same place on the exported directory structure (overwrite - or not - the duplicated files). I haven't just copied RPM's though - I stuck with original CD directory structure. I then made sure a DHCP server was also running on the network then used ksconfig to create the file that looks for everything. I also used the bootnet.img file on a RH CD to create a network bootable floppy - of course copying the ks.cfg file to this floppy. On bootup message from floppy - I type linux ks=floppy and voila (if NIC connectivity ok client to server)! Installation should start within a few sec's. Nice to be able to just leave it! Liane. PS. my second preference would be an FTP (poss. secure) server before SAMBA. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/08/03 09:45a.m. >>> Having read up a little on NFS servers and the huge security risk they may present, It'd be good (just for exercise) to set one up locally, to allow for a server install of RH8... however... RH8 is three CDs, and if I set up an NFS directory, I need to know if I can copy the entire contents of all three CDs into that one directory, or if there's some mincing about with three INDEX files I need to know about first... Does the directory structure need to follow the directory structure on the CDs, or can I simply place all the RPMs in the NFS share, and get away with it... Alternate question : If not NFS can I set up a SAMBA share to do pretty much the same thing...? Obviously kickstart would have to be fooled into happiness, but at the end of the day, could I get away with it...?
