Re: install via own mirror (nfs)

[Matthias Mittner <ihrke@nld.ds.mpg.de>]

On 10/30/10 5:40 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> 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."
Hi, thanks for the reply.

However, as I wrote before, I don't want to install a webserver
in the local network (there is a complex infrastructure and it is
out of the question to do this).
I just want to know, whether there is a way to do the installation it 
via NFS (I don't see a reason why it should not be possible). If not I'm 
going to stick to openSuSE.

Thanks a lot,

Matthias