[Tfug] Debian install from a local fileserver

[ken fancher]

On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 11:15 -0700, Richard Rohrdanz wrote:
> I need to be able to install Debian on several computers. My
> connection is not fast enough to do installs via the Internet. I would
> prefer to use a local fileserver (NFS?) so that I don't have to
> shuffle CDs.
> 
> I booted from CD #1 and got to the screen where it asks where 'apt'
> should get the packages from. I selected 'fileserver'. The next screen
> asked for the mirror and had the text '/debian' pre-positioned as a
> response. On my LAN I have a Fedora installation running NFS. The
> Debian ISO images are located on that machine in  /install/DebianISOs.
> What should I use for the mirror name?
> 
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your probobly going to have to extract the iso's like it would be on the
mirrors cause it searches the pool directory for the apps but it should
be smb://ipaddy/install/debian if your nfs is useing samba if not then
protocol://ipaddy/install/debian and to "extract" them you have to mount
-t iso9660 -o loop /home/blah/whatever.iso /cdrom or /mnt wherever you
want it to mount and cp -rf */ then cp *./ to /install/debian