On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, Steven Haigh wrote:
>> On 10/09/2011 1:46 AM, Tom H wrote:
>>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 7:39 AM, mad<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Set up a local mirror. Use *that* as the URL for your installation:
>>>>> the packages are GPG signed and thus authenticated, which helps
>>>>
>>>> I do exactly that. That is the reason why I am so confused. Why is the
>>>> SL6 installation trying to contact an outside repository when the
>>>> installation repository is inside the company network?
>>>
>>> Anaconda tries to download a file from an SL security repository. It's
>>> come up on the list recently in the context of a kickstart install.
>>
>> This is an anaconda issue. I reported it as a bug on the SL-devel list,
>> however I have yet to hear any progress on what has happened.
>>
>> The outcome is that without a live network connection, the install will
>> fail - even on the standalone install DVDs.
>>
>> Maybe Connie can comment on this?
>
> The  sl-release rpm contains /etc/yum.repos.d/sl.repo .  The anaconda in SL
> 6.1 was using the information from this file in a different way than in SL
> 6.0 . I am researching this issue.

Thanks.