Note: Do not create an installation server on "multi-homed" system (routers with more than one IP address). Packets sent to multi-homed systems are not necessarily returned to the sender by the same route. This can cause problems during miniroot installations. Any system that you plan to use as an installation server must be accessible from the remote targets. This means that communications between the server and targets must support forwarding of boot files (for miniroot installations) and Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) file transfers. In addition, the installation server must contain a user account that is available to target systems.
The procedures in this section assume that you plan to set up a distribution directory on an installation server. If you plan to use a remote CD-ROM drive as the distribution source, complete all procedures in this section except "Creating a Distribution Directory".