Re: install via own mirror (nfs)

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:20:30 +0200, Matthias wrote in message 
<[🔎] 4CC9A2CE.7010900@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."

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