Connie,

Thanks for your help, I extracted the boot.iso in the images directory 
in the first iso from 
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/iso/i386/  and all is 
well.

Regards,
Howard

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Howard Peng, AScT, B.Eng., EIT | Systems Administrator
Physics and Astronomy | University of Victoria
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Connie Sieh wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2007, Howard Peng wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>
> Yes it did.
>
> In SL5 I am building the iso images with a program that rebuilds the 
> install images.  So this has the side effect that you have to stay in 
> the same "tree" to make this work.  All pieces have to come from 
> either the ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386 tree 
> or from the ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/iso/i386 
> tree. No mixing.
>
> There should be a boot.iso in the images directory in the first iso 
> from ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/iso/i386/ .  
> Try using that one as your basis.
>
> -Connie Sieh
>
>  >
>> 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
>>>>>> 1.250.721.7741 | [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>