Re: install via own mirror (nfs)

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

> It's not really an option from the installer, AFAIK.  However, it is still
> possible.  Use a "file" URI in source.list(.d) and mount the NFS before
> preforming apt operations.
>
>  From the sources.list(5) manpage:
> URI SPECIFICATION
>         The currently recognized URI types are cdrom, file, http, ftp, copy,
>         ssh, rsh.
>
>         file
>             The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system to
>             be considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and local
>             mirrors or archives.
>
> The debian installer should only run on a single virtual terminal.  The should
> be at least one or two "recovery" consoles allocated that will allow you to do
> the NFS mount before proceeding further in the installer.  You can switch
> virtual terminals with Ctrl+F{1..6}, unless you are in an X11 session, in
> which case you'll need to use Ctrl+Shift+F{1..8}.

Hi,

I tried to manually mount the NFS system in the recovery console, but it 
didn't work (it says something like "no /dev/nfs"). I guess NFS mounting 
is not supported in this version of busybox...
So this "file" installing won't work...

Thanks anyway,

Matthias

> The installer may have an option for specifying a "file" URI, but I don't
> remember.  You can always edit the sources.list(.d) from a recovery console as
> well.