[Rule-list] install from slinky with no cd

[hairylarry at deltaboogie.com]

Hi,

I just installed slinky v0.1.2 without using a cd. Instead I used 
disk1.iso on a hard drive.

On a system with a CD I attached an ide drive at hdb. I formatted it 
and mounted it to /mnt/hdb then i did this.

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/mnt/hdb/disk1.iso

This put the disk 1 iso on the hard drive.

Then on the system where I wanted to install to hda I put this same 
drive on at hdb. I booted slinky and followed all instructions until I 
came to the mount CD prompt. Then I hit Ctrl-C and did this stuff.

I added this line to fstab

/dev/hdb1     /mnt/hdb     ext2    defaults    2 1

Then I issued these commands.

mkdir /mnt/hdb
mkdir /mnt/disk1
mount /mnt/hdb
mknod /dev/loop0 b 7 0
mount -o loop /mnt/hdb/disk1.iso /mnt/disk1

this gave me on /mnt/hdb - disk1.iso
and on /mnt/disk1 - the redhat disk1 CD files

I edited base_install.sh taking out everything from the second line to 
the rpm path. This was a mistake. Of course I lost my shell variables 
when I broke out.

But the install went fine and all the rpms got installed down to 
anacron. Then I got thrown out to a prompt. I said what the hey and I 
tried it. 

The boot was not clean. I had to hit Ctrl-C once right before it 
detected new hardware. But it did boot to a login and I was able to 
log on as root and run nano, grep, etc.

I'm going to do it again without such radical surgery to 
base_install.sh. Maybe I can get a cleaner install that way.

The good news is that it worked. I did not need to use losetup. The 
mount -o loop syntax is another way to use loop devices. I have not, 
however,  tested this syntax with a dos formatted hard drive. 

If losetup can be included in the install /sbin it would be good 
anyway. It allows you to mount floppy images as well as cd images 
which could be handy in a rescue situation. 

I ran vi no problem during the install. The termcap is set fine. After 
the install is completed no termcap is set and vi reverts to ascii.

Thanks,

Hairy Larry

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