On 2014 Mar 25 (Tue) at 20:38:08 -0500 (-0500), Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
:On Tue, Mar 25, 2014, at 08:10 PM, [email protected] 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"
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