The software described in this documentation is either in Extended Support or Sustaining Support. See https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/enterprise-linux-support-policies-069172.pdf for more information.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade the software described by this documentation as soon as possible.
This procedure assumes that you have set up the system as a network installation server that uses HTTP or NFS to server files.
To set up a network installation server that allows the
installation of a system with a btrfs root
file system:
Download the full Oracle Linux Media Pack DVD image (for example,
V52218-01.iso
for x86_64 (64 bit) Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 6) from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud at https://edelivery.oracle.com/linux and copy its contents to a suitable directory such as/var/www/html/OSimage/OL6.6_UEK/images
or/var/OSimage/OL6.6_UEK/images
, whose contents are shareable using NFS or HTTP. See Section 1.4.5, “Setting up a Network Installation Server”.Modify the
images
directory of the image to support the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) as the installation kernel:Download the UEK Boot ISO image for the desired architecture (for example,
V52220-01.iso
for x86_64 (64 bit)).Mount the UEK Boot ISO image:
#
mount -t iso9660 -o loop V52220-01.iso /mnt
Replace the contents of the
images
directory that you copied from the full DVD image with the contents of theimages
directory from the UEK Boot ISO image.For example, to replace
/var/OSimage/OL6.6_UEK/images
:#
rm -rf /var/OSimage/OL6.6_UEK/images
#cp -r /mnt/images /var/OSimage/OL6.6_UEK
To replace
/var/www/html/OSimage/OL6.6_UEK/images
:#
rm -rf /var/www/html/OSimage/OL6.6_UEK/images
#cp -r /mnt/images /var/www/html/OSimage/OL6.6_UEK
Copy the UEK Boot ISO image to a suitable medium from which you can boot the target system on which you want to install Oracle Linux 6 Update 6.
Unmount the UEK Boot ISO image:
#
umount
mount_dir
You can now use the modified image to install a system with a
btrfs root file system. See
Section 2.4.1, “Installing a Btrfs root
File System”.