On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Zhi-Wei Lu wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When I try to install SL5 x86_64 (or i386) using kickstart with
> installation from NFS server.
> I am getting the following error message:
> The Scientific Linux Installation tree in that directory does not
> seem to match your boot media.
>
> I booted from a SL5 CD1 or DVD

> linux ks=nfs:myNFSserver:/mydir/SL5/x86_64

Then you need to boot off of the boot.iso that is in 
/mydir/SL5/x86_64/images/boot.iso and not the cd1 or dvd.

The images that are on the DVD are not the same as the images that are in 
our ftp tree.


>
> I had used the same procedure on many systems for SL4.x without any
> problem.  I mirrored the SL5 x86_64 and i386 directory using Rsync

Yes.  The method for making the dvd and cd images in SL 5 has changed.

> from ANL.
>
> Does anyone know what I need to do differently to do NFS kickstart
> installation for SL5?

no

>
> Zhi-Wei Lu
> Institue for Data Analysis and Visualization (IDAV)
> UC Davis                     Phone:    (530) 752-0494
> Davis, CA 95616        Fax:         (530) 752-8894
>

-Connie Sieh