> Ken Teh wrote:
>> I'm unable to install SL4.7 via the url method.  Originally, I thought
it was something to do with our local mirror but I've tried it against
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org and I get exactly the same error. The
Alt-F4 (?) screen shows the following (I'm copying it from a Ctrl-S
screen, so typos galore) :
>> URL_STAGE_MAIN- url is
>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/47/i386
>> url address ftp.scientificlinux.org
>> url prefix /linux/scientific/47/i386
>> mntloop loop0 on /mnt/runtime as /mnt/source/SL/base/stage2.img fd is
22
>> mntloop loop7 on /tmp/update-disk as /mnt/source/SL/base/updates.img fd
is 22
>> umounting loopback /tmp/update-disk loop7
>> transferring
>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org//linux/scientific/47/i386/SL/base/product.img
to a fd
>> transferring
>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org//linux/scientific/47/i386/disc1/SL/base/product.img
to a fd
>> umounting loopback /mnt/runtime loop0
>> umount loopback /tmp/product-disk loop7
>> LOOP_CLR_FD failed for /tmp/product-disk loop7 (No such device or address)
>> and it just keeps repeating itself over and over again.  I noticed that
it first mounted loop7 on update-disk, then tried to umount it as
product-disk.  Is this a typo in anaconda?
>> I've posted this before maybe a year ago with SL4.6 which IIRC also
does
>> not work.  I believed it worked with SL4.5.  And, I know for a fact it
works with SL5.x
> Hi Ken,
> At what point in the install is this?
> I'm thinking this is just after you've given it the url, but before the
graphical install part starts.  Is that correct?
> Do you get the same errors using ftp instead of http?
> (ftp is terrible for SL5, but SL4 the speed is pretty close)
> Troy
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Hi Troy,

I don't actually know.  I use the following command at the syslinux boot

boot: linux ks=nfs:myserver.phy.anl.gov:/SL/47/ks/myhostname

and in my myhostname ks script, I have the line

url --url http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/....

I've tried it both with http and ftp.  IIRC, ftp died a horrible death;
anaconda terminated abnormally, some exception, I think.  No Alt-F screens
to see why.  But, I really did not chase this down much.  It could have
been a typo on my part.

If it's any help, I see in the blue screen the DHCP request.  After it
gets its IP, the line "running anaconda" normally pops up at the bottom. 
I dont see this at all. At this point, I switch to the Alt-F screens and
that's where I see all these error messages.  So, yes, it never gets to
its graphical startup.

Ken