On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:44:07 +0100, Matthias wrote in message <iakddn$1a...@gwdu112.gwdg.de>:
> On 10/30/10 5:40 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:20:30 +0200, Matthias wrote in message > > <4cc9a2ce.7010...@nld.ds.mpg.de>: > > > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> I would like to install debian using an own mirror that I set up on > >> an NFS server which is available in the local network. > >> I do a tftpboot/pxelinux netboot on the client machine and boot > >> into the kernel image provided in the netboot directory > >> (/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/). > >> I only get the possibility to select between http and ftp for > >> access to a mirror but I don't have the possibility to use either > >> of them. I tried also to manually mount the nfs-share containing > >> the mirror via the busybox-shell, but that doesn't work > >> (apparently, this busybox does not support nfs). > >> I also did a comprehensive web-search but did not find any answer > >> to my question. I was previously using openSuSE where this works > >> without any problems. > >> Is there a way to do this, or am I wasting my time? > > > > ..install a webserver on your mirror NFS box, then just pick > > that mirror "manually." > > > Hi, thanks for the reply. > > However, as I wrote before, I don't want to install a webserver > in the local network (there is a complex infrastructure and it is > out of the question to do this). ..then shut it down, once you're done installing and updating etc. I never said "Apache", I said "webserver", we have over a dozen usable ones that are safer than NFS. > I just want to know, whether there is a way to do the installation it > via NFS (I don't see a reason why it should not be possible). ..not even NFS security? > If not I'm going to stick to openSuSE. > > Thanks a lot, > > Matthias > > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101101114644.27e67...@a45.fmb.no
