[ILUG] SuSE install via NFS

[Niall O Broin]

Hi,
   Have any of you installed SuSE 6.4 via NFS ? I did it for the first time
last night - started the installation and went to bed. Got up this morning,
expecting to see a "Please mount CD2" or some such message. Instead, it
appeared that the installation was complete. Appearances, however, can be
deceptive :-)

I wanted to install openssh so back to the package list with me, select
openssh, and something happens and then in the install log window I see

CD2:

CD3:

CD4:

Totally installed: 0 (61 noted for installation)


WTF does "noted for installation" mean ? Well, actually, I can guess that.
The question I really want answered is how I persuade the bloody thing to
install these "noted for installation" packages. I tried umounting CD1 and
mounting CD1 on the NFS server, but then when I tried to install a package I
got installation aborted" in a big red alert box :-(. Previous to that I had
tried mounting CD2 on another CD drive on the server and then mounting that
on /var/adm/mount2 on the install client (pure guesswork - CD1 is mounted on
/var/adm/mount , and I hoped the installer might be smart enough to look
around for what it needs) but no joy there either. 

So, I decided to start again. Little ray of light here - although I picked
"Install Linux from scratch" I didn't remake partitions and the installer
came up with a message like "The following packages were selected for
installation but weren't installed. Do you want to install them now ?" Oh
good, I though, but same game - a little activity and then I see the


Totally installed: 0 (61 noted for installation)

message again. How do I complete this installation ?



Regards,


Niall