Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 79

4 Select the server type (HTTP, FTP, or NFS). The selected server service is
started automatically every time the system starts. If a service of the selected
type is already running on your system and you want to configure it manually
for the server, deactivate the automatic configuration of the server service with
Do Not Configure Any Network Services. In both cases, define the directory in
which the installation data should be made available on the server.
5 Configure the required server type. This step relates to the automatic configuration
of server services. It is skipped when automatic configuration is deactivated.
Define an alias for the root directory of the FTP or HTTP server on which the
installation data should be found. The installation source will later be located
under ftp://Server-IP/Alias/Name (FTP) or under
http://Server-IP/Alias/Name (HTTP). Name stands for the name of
the installation source, which is defined in the following step. If you selected
NFS in the previous step, define wild cards and export options. The NFS server
will be accessible under nfs://Server-IP/Name. Details of NFS and exports
can be found in Chapter 39, Sharing File Systems with NFS
6 Configure the installation source. Before the installation media are copied to their
destination, define the name of the installation source (ideally, an easily remem-
bered abbreviation of the product and version). YaST allows providing ISO im-
ages of the media instead of copies of the installation CDs. If you want this, acti-
vate the relevant check box and specify the directory path under which the ISO
files can be found locally. Depending on the product to distribute using this in-
stallation server, it might be that more add-on CDs or service pack CDs are re-
quired to install the product completely. If you activate Prompt for Additional
CDs, YaST automatically reminds you to supply these media. To announce your
installation server in the network via OpenSLP, activate the appropriate option.
TIP
Consider announcing your installation source via OpenSLP if your network
setup supports this option. This saves you from entering the network in-
stallation path on every target machine. The target systems are just
booted using the SLP boot option and find the network installation source
without any further configuration. For details on this option, refer to
Section 4.4, "Booting the Target System for Installation"
(page 725).
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