[KLUG Members] RedHat NFS install

[Ted Juszczak]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 11:15:18AM -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> >>>Assuming you are not using the cdrom on the local machine
> >>>(you can check with the "fuser" command), you may want to
> >>>try stopping NFS services to see if that frees it up.
> >>Thanks,that worked, to an extent. The problem now is that the
> >>installer is looking for the file in:
> >>         /mnt/source/./RedHat/RPMS
> >>but the second disk has the next files in:
> >>         /cdrom/RedHat/RedHat/RPMS       # extra "RedHat"
> >>with no apparent provision for changing the directory
> >>in the installer.
> >Mount the CDROM on /mnt/source.
> 
> Or you could try creating a sym-link from expected location to the real 
> locations....  Are you sure the /mnt/source/./RedHat/RPMS isn't the mount point 
> on the client (where Linux is bieng installed)?  Because that is what it looks 
> like.  Are you sure the NFS mount succeeded after you changed CD's?  What 
> does "mount" say if you run it on the client (Ctrl-Alt-F1?)?.
> 

You're right, the "/mnt/source/" is what shows on the client side.
It must be a generic reference to the mounted source.

The "sh-2.04#" prompt on another login is unresponsive, 
so it looks like I'll have to start over. The others
show only progress messages.

I'll give the sym-link method a try on the next go-around. I'll
keep you posted.

Thanks,

Ted