On 2014 Mar 25 (Tue) at 20:38:08 -0500 (-0500), Shawn K. Quinn wrote: :On Tue, Mar 25, 2014, at 08:10 PM, n...@leviacomm.net wrote: :> Thanks and I understand the reasoning. The current ftp server won't be :> able to do http and use of siteXX files prevents using an external :> source. Will nfs be supported or am I going to need more hardware? : :What is preventing you from using, say, a USB thumb drive as the install :media? Also note you can install from multiple sources (http for :everything else, then a local disk for the siteXX files). :
"I am upgrading hundreds of boxes a day" That is an *excellent* reason to not use usb thumb drives. Want another reason? "Remote machines with serial console" -- Rudin's Law: If there is a wrong way to do something, most people will do it every time.