On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net> wrote:
Dazed_75 wrote:
>
> What I would like to see for method #1 is that the .iso files were
> retained for use in burning discs either on the PXE server or a client
> on the net (not a PXE function) AND might be mounted by the PXE server
> function rather than having to extract files when building the server.
> Since all three uses only require reading the .iso's I would think they
> could be shared.

Nice comments, everyone.

Regarding this specifically, you know about mounting an iso image,
right?
(http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to-mount-iso-image-under-linux.html)

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-Eric 'shubes'


Yes, as I stated in method #1, I had to do that to copy files to where that article wanted me to put them.  I have no idea (because I have not looked yet) what I would have to change to just mount them for use by the PXE server.  And since there could be many such .iso's to mount are there any limits on the number of mounts, or mounted files, or ....  One might need to mount on demand to reduce some resource usage.  There is so much to learn I could almost wish I was 20 again. --- Nah, bad idea!

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Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry

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