On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Martin Flemming wrote:
> Hi, Pat !
>
> Yep, everything is going well now !
> .. of course :-)
>
> Sorry, for troubles,
> but the error messages wasn't familiar for me ..
>
> .. usually it will be call "install images didn't match with repository"
> .. i've had to use --delete-option for the rsync of the 6rolling-repo :-)
>
> Anyway ..
>
> Thanks for the great work & cheers
>
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Pat Riehecky wrote:
>
>> I've just fired off a pxe boot using the images from
>>
>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/i386/os/images/pxeboot/
>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/
>>
>> and I was able to get past the partitioning menu and complete the
>> installation.
>>
>> This is a bit odd.
>>
>> The exception you've listed below is some of the code added in 6.3.
>>
>> Can I have you re-download the pxe initrd.img along and try again?
>>
>> Pat
>>
>> On 07/20/2012 07:59 AM, Martin Flemming wrote:
>>> Hi !
>>>
>>> Is this right, that a test installation only works with DVD/Networkimages ?
>>>
>>> i want to install via pxe, but after partitioning,
>>> the installations breaks with e.g.
>>>
>>> anaconda exception report
>>> Traceback /tmp/updates/yuminstall.py
>>> line 596 in readRepoConfig
>>> if not BETANAG and ("rawhide" in repo.id or development" in repo.id
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> NameError : global name 'BETANAG' is not defined
>>>
>>>
>>> Or is my installation enviroment a buggy ?
>>>
>>> Thanks & cheers
>>>
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Connie Sieh wrote:
>>>
>>>> Since there has been interest in the release of SL 6.3 I am forwarding
>>>> this testing anouncment which normally only goes to scientific-linux-devel
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> -Connie Sieh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Scientific Linux 6.3 Beta 1 i386/x86_64 July 16, 2012
>>>>
>>>> These are notes of the "Alpha/Beta" releases for Scientific Linux 6.3 .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> THIS IS NOT FOR PRODUCTION.
>>>>
>>>> This is for testing. Please report back any issues to
>>>> [log in to unmask] .
>>>>
>>>> There should be no expectation that a "yum" upgrade to SL 6.3 will work.
>>>> A new install is the recommended method to move from
>>>> "sl6rolling"(this alpha release) and the released "SL 6.3".
>>>>
>>>> Items marked with * are changes from the last release
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> DOWNLOAD INFO
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> DVD:
>>>>
>>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/i386/iso
>>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/iso
>>>>
>>>> Network Install Images:
>>>>
>>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/i386/images/boot.iso
>>>> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/images/boot.iso
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> CHANGES WE MADE SINCE PREVIOUS RELEASE
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> *yum-conf-sl6x-1-2
>>>> - Updated GPG key list, CERN's key is now listed here too
>>>>
>>>> *redhat-logos-60.0.14-2.sl6.5
>>>> - Now provides 'linux-logos'
>>>>
>>>> *kmod-openafs-1.6.1-112.sl6.71
>>>> *openafs-1.6.1-112.sl6
>>>> *openafs-authlibs-1.6.1-112.sl6
>>>> *openafs-authlibs-devel-1.6.1-112.sl6
>>>> *openafs-client-1.6.1-112.sl6
>>>> *openafs-compat-1.6.1-112.sl6
>>>> *openafs-devel-1.6.1-112.sl6
>>>> *openafs-kernel-source-1.6.1-112.sl6
>>>> *openafs-kpasswd-1.6.1-112.sl6
>>>> *openafs-krb5-1.6.1-112.sl6
>>>> *openafs-plumbing-tools-1.6.1-112.sl6
>>>> *openafs-server-1.6.1-112.sl6
>>>> - Updated to more current version, this is based on OpenAFS 1.6.1
>>>>
>>>> *sl-indexhtml-6-2.sl6.6
>>>> - Updated Swedish translation by Alexander Lindqvist
>>>>
>>>> *sl-bookmarks-6-2.sl6
>>>> - Now includes links to useful non-SL provided resources
>>>>
>>>> *sl-release-6.3-0.rolling
>>>> - Updated to point at 6rolling
>>>>
>>>> *SL_enable_serialconsole-4.1-1.el6
>>>> *SL_enable_serialconsole-96-4.1-1.el6
>>>> *SL_enable_serialconsole-192-4.1-1.el6
>>>> *SL_enable_serialconsole-384-4.1-1.el6
>>>> *SL_enable_serialconsole-1152-4.1-1.el6
>>>> - added '-r' option to script for removal of the configuration
>>>> - now removes configuration when uninstalled
>>>> - Switched to augeas based configuration
>>>> - The old script can be found in the %doc folder
>>>> - removed support for non-grub bootloaders as none are available for
>>>> SL6
>>>> - a number of SPEC file changes to make things cleaner
>>>> - Now uses 'conflict' to ensure only one version installed at a time
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> RPMS ADDED IN THIS RELEASE
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> *rpmfusion-free-release-6-1.noarch.rpm
>>>> *yum-conf-rpmfusion-6-0.1.noarch.rpm
>>>> - Simplified access to this repository was requested by the community
>>>> The 'non-free' repository is not included. It is the responsibility
>>>> of the end user to verify their compliance with the licensing of the
>>>> rpms in the rpmfusion repository.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> MAJOR CHANGES TUV MADE
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> *libreoffice
>>>> - openoffice.org has been replaced with libreoffice. The libreoffice
>>>> packages 'provide' the right packages to maintain compatibility
>>>> for kickstart and yum installs.
>>>>
>>>> *anaconda
>>>> - Anaconda now alerts users to the beta status of a release when it
>>>> is tagged appropriately. Upstream has added this functionality and
>>>> we are taking advantage of it for the beta cycle.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> POSSIBLE UPGRADE PROBLEMS
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> *libproxy-mozjs
>>>> - Requires an old version of xulrunner, upstream bug 797779.
>>>> We have removed it from SL6.3. When an updated package is released
>>>> we will build it. If you need this package you can pull it from 6.2
>>>>
>>>> *libvirt-qpid
>>>> - Requires an old version of qpid-cpp-client, upstream bug 839006
>>>> We have removed it from SL6.3. When an updated package is released
>>>> we will build it. If you need this package you can pull it from 6.2
>>>>
>>>> *sanlock
>>>> - Upstream has removed the i686 sanlock packages, we have done the
>>>> same.
>>>> If upstream returns i686 support, we will add those packages.
>>>>
>>>> *tboot
>>>> *pacemaker
>>>> *pacemaker-libs
>>>> *pacemaker-libs-devel
>>>> - Upstream only features these packages on x86_64, previously they were
>>>> in both arches on SL6. In SL6.3 we match upstream and have removed
>>>> the packages from the i686 tree. If upstream returns i686 support,
>>>> we will add those packages.
>>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Pat Riehecky
>> Scientific Linux Developer
>>
>>
>
The yuminstall.py that was used for this install is not the updated one
from 6.3 . We are verifying that the next release (beta 2) will have the
newer yuminstall.py .
Thanks for reporting this issue .
-Connie Sieh
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