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11.2.5 Managing an SMB Installation Source
Using SMB, you can import the installation sources from a Microsoft Windows server
and start your Linux deployment even with no Linux machine around.
To set up an exported Windows Share holding your SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
installation sources, proceed as follows:
1 Log in to your Windows machine.
2 Start Explorer and create a new folder that will hold the entire installation tree
3 Export this share according the procedure outlined in your Windows documenta-
4 Enter this share and create a subfolder, called product. Replace product
5 Enter the INSTALL/product folder and copy each CD or DVD to a separate
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3a Create a configuration file called install.suse.http.reg under
/etc/slp.reg.d/ that contains the following lines:
# Register the HTTP Installation Server
service:install.suse:http://$HOSTNAME/srv/www/htdocs/instsource/CD1/,en,65535
description=HTTP Installation Source
Replace instsource with the actual path to the installation source on
your server. The service: line should be entered as one continuous line.
3b Save this configuration file and start the OpenSLP daemon using rcslpd
restart.
and name it INSTALL, for example.
tion.
with the actual product name.
folder, such as CD1 and CD2.