Configuring the Media Server for Red Hat Linux or VMware ESXi OS media

1. Download the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 images to the Core.
2. Connect to the Core as root using ssh (you will need to run mount commands).
3. Create a temporary folder for loop mounting the images.
4. Create a directory under the media server's Linux media path. The Linux media path is a NFS share configured during the core install.
5. Mount the first image read only:

mount -o loop,ro rhel-5-server-i386-disc1.iso <tmp_mount_dir>

6. Change to the temporary directory

   cd <tmp_mount_dir>

7. Issue the command

   tar cf - . |(cd /media/opsware/linux/RHEL5-Server/ && tar xfps -)

8. cd out of the temporary directory.
9. Unmount the temporary directory:

   umount <tmp_mount_dir>

10. Repeat steps from 5 to 9 for the remaining 4 images.
11. You can now import the media using the Import Media tool.