Citrix Systems 6.2.0 Appendix E. Setting Up a Red Hat Installation Server, Enable Remote Access

Appendix E. Setting Up a Red Hat Installation Server

This chapter explains how to set up a server as an installation server for Red Hat Linux.

For a server to act as a Red Hat Linux network installation server, you need space on your server to copy the entire contents of each CD onto your server. This is typically the number of CDs or ISO images multiplied by 650MB.

Ensure that the space you intend to use is formatted with your chosen filesystem and is mounted. You can check this space with the command:

df -h

E.1. Copying Installation Media

1.First create a directory to contain the installation files, for example /install

2.Mount your CD. Refer to your operating system documentation for assistance if needed. This example assumes that it is mounted at /mnt/cdrom:

mount /mnt/cdrom

3.Copy the data from the CD to the installation directory:

cp -var /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /install

4.Unmount the CD:

umount /mnt/cdrom

5.Remove the first CD, put in the next one, and repeat for each of the CDs you have.

Note:

Copying the subsequent disks will overwrite some files, but these are generic files such as license.txt that appear on each CD, and this is not a problem.

E.2. Enable Remote Access

Next, make your installation data available to other machines on the network. You can use NFS, HTTP, or FTP protocols. You can enable all three services on your server or any subset of the three.

E.2.1. NFS

To install over NFS you must meet certain conditions on the server:

•The installation directory must be exported

To export your installation directory, edit the /etc/exports file and add an entry for /install to it:

/install *(ro)

Save the edited exports file and make the NFS daemon reread its configuration file:

exportfs -r

This configures the most basic read-only export to all hosts on our network. If you want to include more advanced options in your export, such as exporting to certain hosts only, or on a certain subnet only, see the man page for the exports file: exports (5).

•NFS needs to be installed and running

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