Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 202

8.2.1 Setting Up a Network Installation
As with the initial installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise, it is much more efficient
having a central installation source on your network to serve all clients rather than in-
stalling all of them separately using a set of physical media.
Configuring a Network Installation Source on SUSE
Linux Enterprise Using YaST
Basically, follow the procedure outlined in
Server Using YaST"
SP-x-arch, SLES-10-SP-x-arch, or SLED-10-SP-x-arch (where x is the number
of the Service Pack and arch is the name of your hardware architecture) and make it
available via NFS, HTTP, or FTP.
Setting Up a Network Installation Source Manually
The procedure for manual setup of a network installation source is very similar to the
one described in
(page 80). A few minor changes must be applied to the procedures for setting up FTP,
HTTP, and SMB installation sources.
When copying the installation media, proceed as follows:
1 Log in as root.
2 Change to the directory that is already holding the original installation media (in
3 Create a new subdirectory called, for example, SLE-10-SP-x-arch (replacing
202 Installation and Administration
Source for Service Pack Media
(page 78). Just add another installation source called SLE-10-
Section 4.2.2, "Setting Up an NFS Installation Source Manually"
this example, in /install/sle as SLE-10-arch/CD1) by entering
cd /install/sle
x with the number of the SP and arch with the name of your hardware architec-
ture) by entering
mkdir SLE-10-SP-x-arch
Section 4.2.1, "Setting Up an Installation