On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I just started using the http based kickstart install. Done via the
> kickstart url option. I have installed a couple of SL5.1 systems
> successfully and tried today to install a SL4.6 machine. I boot the system
> with the disc1 iso image and provide the kickstart file via NFS. Like so:
>
> boot: linux ks=nfs:installserver.my.net:/SL/46/ks/myks
>
> In my kickstart file I specify our local SL mirror as the install server.
> Like so:
>
> url --url http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/scientific-linux/46/i386
Hi Ken,
$ curl http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/scientific-linux/46/i386
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>301 Moved Permanently</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Moved Permanently</h1>
<p>The document has moved <a
href="http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/scientific-linux/46/i386/">here</a>.</p>
<hr>
<address>Apache Server at mirror.anl.gov Port 80</address>
</body></html>
so try adding the "/" on the end. RPM at least does not follow these ,
I don't know
about the internals of anaconda.
Steve
>
> Works for 5.1 but not for 4.6. I've attached the Alt-F2 screen. Can
> someone provide some pointer on how to debug this? How do I go about
> isolating the problem?
>
> I can revert back to using my old method which is an NFS based install. But
> http based installs are so convenient especially since we have high-speed
> access to a local SL mirror.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
--
Steve Traylen
