I do this too and it works fine except ...
The sysinst program does not give you the option to install the 
security tgz.  It would be convenient if it did.  Now I have to
separately nfs mount the /distrib and get the secr.tgz.


Tim Rightnour <root@garbled.net> writes:

> On 13-Jun-98 Space Case spoke unto us all:
> # Given the setup below, can I find what I need on the net and do an install,
> # or do I need to reinstall the old system hard disk to pull stuff off of?
> # Or can I not get there from here (I'm thinking net install, once I've pulled
> # an i386 snapshot onto my Mac).
> # 
> 
> I do this all the time.. I have one machine with a /distrib filesystem exported
> to my local net.  I download the dists I need for an install, throw them on
> that FS, then boot the install disk and nfs them from the /distrib machine.  It
> works like a charm.  I usually install my machines by putting my one floppy
> drive in, getting it started, then pulling it back out when the HD is bootable
> and sane.  I've also done installs by dragging the disk over to another
> machine, plugging it in and manually building the system.. but thats a bit more
> grotesque, and I only do that when I have a broken, or no floppy controller on
> the box.
> 
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