[Server-devel] Install from NFS server

[Jerry Vonau]

On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 16:40 +1100, David Leeming wrote:
> I am trying to install the server on a machine without CD drive via
> NFS server. I have set up the latter and the new machine seems to be
> finding the share. But it reports:
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> “That directory does not seem to contain an OLPC school server
> installation tree”
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> I have put only the 0.5.1 image in the shared folder. 
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> Can U help. What else should be in the shared folder?
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> I am using a USB flash drive to kick start but can’t get anywhere with
> that when it comes to the directory containing the school server
> image, it reports that the directory does not seem to contain any
> (whereas it does). So I am now pointing it at an NFS server when it
> gets to that stage....

>From your observations, I'd say that there might be a initrd/anaconda
mismatch. How are you creating the USB flash drive? The kernel and
initrd that is booting from the usb flash drive came from the iso image
that your trying as the installation source on the usbkey and/or nfs
share? 

Jerry