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?

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 Fri, 18 May 2007, Devin Bougie wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> With SL4, we used the the following procedure (for example) to create
>> a kickstart boot CD from the first SL4 installation disk.  Our
>> kickstart file installs from our local mirror via http.
>> mount -o loop /tmp/SL.43.050806.i386.disc1.iso /mnt/tmp
>> mkdir /tmp/SL43
>> cp -r /mnt/tmp/isolinux /tmp/SL43
>> cd /tmp/SL43
>> cp /tmp/ks.cfg isolinux/ks.cfg
>> edit the isolinux.cfg file to automatically start the kickstart
>> installation.
>>     change timeout 600 to timeout 1
>>     add ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg to the end of the "append" line of the first
>> "label linux" section
>> mkisofs -o /tmp/SL43.iso -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat -no-emul-boot -
>> boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -v -T isolinux/
>>
>> When we do the same procedure with SL5, we get the following error:
>> "The Scientific Linux installation tree in that directory does not
>> seem to match your boot media."
>
> A check is done to make sure that the boot media matches the "install 
> files".  The check is between the file .discinfo and the .buildstamp 
> file in the initrd.
>
> I assume you are installing from a "mirror" of the 
> ftp.scientificlinux.org site.
>
> The .buildstamp(in initrd) and .discinfo (in top level dir) have to 
> "agree"
>
> So you probably need to get the .discinfo file from your "install 
> tree" and put it on your new iso image.
>
> In SL4.x I did not rebuild the "install images" for the iso's.  Since 
> I am using a different program for SL5 they get rebuilt.
>
>
> -Connie Sieh
>>
>> We get the same error regardless of which SL mirror we use.  However,
>> we can install from our local mirror by using "linux askmethod" and
>> the normal SL5 installation CD.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Devin
>>
>> ------
>> Devin Bougie
>> Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics
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>>