Connie Sieh wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2007, Connie Sieh wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 May 2007, Connie Sieh wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 18 May 2007, Howard Peng wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Question related to this topic:
>>>>
>>>> I usually download and burn the boot.iso, manually test the 
>>>> installation
>>>> using the boot cd before rolling out kickstart.
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded and burned boot.iso from
>>>> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386/images, 
>>>> booted a
>>>> machine using linux askmethod option, specify the nfs image location.
>>>>
>>>> Error message:
>>>> "The Scientific Linux installation tree in that directory does not 
>>>> seem
>>>> to match your boot media."
>>>>
>>>> I assumed the boot.iso should work without any modification, any
>>>> suggestions?
>>>
>>> As long as you got the boot.iso from the ftp tree and that is what 
>>> you are
>>> trying to install from.(could be nfs of course)
>>>
>>> I will test this .  We do a test install before we ship so this should
>>> work.
>>
>> I downloaded and burned to cd-r the image at
>>
>> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386/images/boot.iso
>>
>> I the did a ftp install from
>> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386/
>>
>> and it worked fine(except for the slow startup time for ftp)
>>
>> Now testing a nfs install now.
>
> That worked too.
>
> How did you build the tree at the nfs location.  Was it a mirror of 
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386/ or a exploded 
> tree from the iso images or something else?
>
Connie,

Boot CD from:
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386/images/boot.iso

NFS location contains the iso image copied from:
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/iso/i386/

This method had worked in SL44.

Regards,
Howard
> You should also not have to pass the "askmethod" option as it asks by 
> default.
>
> -Connie Sieh
>
>  >
>> -connie sieh
>>
>>
>>>
>>> -Connie Sieh
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Howard
>>>>
>>>> ______________________________________________________
>>>> Howard Peng, AScT, B.Eng., EIT | Systems Administrator
>>>> Physics and Astronomy | University of Victoria
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>>>>
>>>>
>>