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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
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Subject: Re: install over networked computers
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On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Export the cdrom via NFS and install over nfs, or provide
> > > > ftp access to the mounted cdrom and do an ftp instal via specific
> > > > URL.
> > > 
> > > Is it possible to install from a cdrom image by using vnconfig,
> > > mount_cd9660 and then NFS export it?  I tried this today and failed. 
> > 
> > I don't see why not, perhaps you can explain where it failed?
> 
> I made a mistake in my posting.  I am sorry.  I actually tried to install
> from a filesystem /mnt into another partition on the same machine:
> 
> # vnconfig /dev/vn0c /usr/cd_image/3.3-install.cd0
> # mount -t cd9660 /dev/vn0c /mnt
> # /stand/sysinstall
> 
> (I did not try to NFS export /mnt because on my client I get NFS Portmap
> not registered error).

you want to make sure you are running 'portmap' and 'mountd' in that
order for NFS exports to work.

> Inside /stand/sysinstall, I choose another partition.  Everything looks OK
> except that when I tries to boot from that partition, I got "invalid
> partition".
> 
> It seems to me that if you want to do a fresh installation or overwrite
> everything, you should always boot from boot floppies or CD-ROM instead of
> using /stand/sysinstall directly. 

Yah, I've found the binary install to be a bit difficult versus the
makeworld or reinstall options.

-Alfred



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