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Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]>
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Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:36:59 -0700
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I am not installing from a network share; I am installing from a DVD 
that was tested.
Please look at the anaconda diagnostics.


On 06/15/2011 12:34 PM, curriegrad2004 wrote:
> If you're attempting to install from a network share using the DVD, it
> will fail. Your other option is to make anaconda boot off from the
> network and specify your network repositories that way.
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Yasha Karant<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>> I currently have a working CentOS 5.6 system on my workstation.  Because
>> CentOS 6 is not yet released, despite the release of RHEL 6.1, I am
>> attempting to switch to SciLinux 6.  As both CentOS and SciLinux are RHEL
>> clones (and thus relatively hardened production professional distributions,
>> not enthusiast toys), they should be compatible. I am running CentOS in 32
>> bit mode, but I am installing SciLinux 6 as 64 bit mode (X86-64) on a quad
>> core X86-64 AMD workstation, with the intention of loading the full 32 bit
>> compatibility mode.  After manually configuring the network and the drive
>> layout from a bootable SciLinux 6 X86-64 DVD, the install fails.  The error
>> message indicates a probable bug in anaconda (the RH installer).  I have
>> attached the error output log to this email.  Any help greatly would be
>> appreciated as I need this workstation as both a general purpose machine and
>> as a test platform for code before loading it on our compute engines.
>> Yasha Karant [log in to unmask]
>>

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