Adding FTP to YaST2 as Installation Source

Support knowledgebase (yast2_ftp80)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 8.0

Situation

You want to use an ftp server as installation source with the CD version of SuSE Linux 8.0. This is not possible with the CD version of SuSE Linux 8.0.

Procedure

Copy the rpm files located in the directories yast1/ and yast2/ on our FTP server or on one of its mirrors to a temporary directory.

mkdir /tmp/yast2_ftp
cd /tmp/yast2_ftp
wget -r -nd --passive-ftp ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/8.0/suse/yast1/
wget -r -nd --passive-ftp ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/8.0/suse/yast2/

Now install only the packages that you have already installed on your system with the command

rpm -Fhv *

Finally, modify the package description files accordingly. These can be found at

/var/adm/current_package_descr/suse/setup/

The package descriptions of the FTP version are available at the setup directory of the FTP version

ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/8.0/suse/setup/

Replace the content of the directories descr/ and du/ with the FTP server versions.

Note that by doing this, you might delete already existing YaST Online Update packages where bugs in YaST2 were fixed. Therefore, we recommend to repeat a YaST Online Update after this procedure.

Please note also that we cannot provide free installation support for this procedure or for problems that may arise from it!


See also:
o SuSE Linux from Internet

Keywords: FTP, YAST, SERVER, INSTALL, NETWORK, NFS, INSTALLATION SOURCE

Categories: YaST

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