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.

-Connie Sieh
>
> Regards,
> Howard
>
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> 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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>>>
>