Creating an Installation Server

[garysawyer]

Thanks all, yes I had to put the CD1 on and also I wasn't getting a dhcp. Not sure what the internal card was but I had an extra HP card in the box so from the menu I added a couple of HP network drivers and was then able to get my dhcp and continue.

Thank for the help.

G

>>> Simon Flood<smflood@no-mx.forums.novell.com> 30/10/2009 16:52 >>>
On 30/10/2009 14:11, Gary Sawyer wrote:

> Hi I am trying to create an installation server so I can install my
> future servers over the network rather from the DVD.

I've done this using both OES1 SP2 and openSUSE 11.1 as the network
install host.

> From my installation server running sles10sp2 I have setup as follows
> Server configuration is config'd as HTTP Source, and the directory for
> sources is /lansetup. The IP of the server is 10.1.1.1 and the
> directory Alias is suse
>
> I have created a source with name sles10sp2 and it has extracted my iso
> and put the install in /lansetup/sles10sp2/CD1

Why have a CD1 sub-directory of sles10sp2 if you're copying the DVD?
Just have everything in /lansetup/sles10sp2.

> And I can browse to it by going to http://10.1.1.1/suse/sles10sp2/CD1

Okay so this is set up correctly.

> But if I start my second server with the sles CD and select F4 and
> change the DVD to HTTP, put in 10.1.1.1 for the install and
> /suse/sles10sp2 as the source, it will time out and not find it.

You need to point at /suse/sles10sp2/CD1 if you use CD1.

> Could it just be that the servers network card is not up to doing this ?
> The box is a HP DL360-G2 so a bit old.

If the install CD can see the network card then it should work.

HTH.
--
Simon

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