On Fri, 18 May 2007, Connie Sieh wrote: > On Fri, 18 May 2007, Howard Peng wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Question related to this topic: >> >> I usually download and burn the boot.iso, manually test the installation >> using the boot cd before rolling out kickstart. >> >> I downloaded and burned boot.iso from >> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386/images, booted a >> machine using linux askmethod option, specify the nfs image location. >> >> Error message: >> "The Scientific Linux installation tree in that directory does not seem >> to match your boot media." >> >> I assumed the boot.iso should work without any modification, any >> suggestions? > > As long as you got the boot.iso from the ftp tree and that is what you are > trying to install from.(could be nfs of course) > > I will test this . We do a test install before we ship so this should > work. I downloaded and burned to cd-r the image at ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386/images/boot.iso I the did a ftp install from ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386/ and it worked fine(except for the slow startup time for ftp) Now testing a nfs install now. -connie sieh > > -Connie Sieh >> >> Regards, >> Howard >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Howard Peng, AScT, B.Eng., EIT | Systems Administrator >> Physics and Astronomy | University of Victoria >> 1.250.721.7741 | [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >> Connie Sieh wrote: >>> On Fri, 18 May 2007, Devin Bougie wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> With SL4, we used the the following procedure (for example) to create >>>> a kickstart boot CD from the first SL4 installation disk. Our >>>> kickstart file installs from our local mirror via http. >>>> mount -o loop /tmp/SL.43.050806.i386.disc1.iso /mnt/tmp >>>> mkdir /tmp/SL43 >>>> cp -r /mnt/tmp/isolinux /tmp/SL43 >>>> cd /tmp/SL43 >>>> cp /tmp/ks.cfg isolinux/ks.cfg >>>> edit the isolinux.cfg file to automatically start the kickstart >>>> installation. >>>> change timeout 600 to timeout 1 >>>> add ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg to the end of the "append" line of the first >>>> "label linux" section >>>> mkisofs -o /tmp/SL43.iso -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat -no-emul-boot - >>>> boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -v -T isolinux/ >>>> >>>> When we do the same procedure with SL5, we get the following error: >>>> "The Scientific Linux installation tree in that directory does not >>>> seem to match your boot media." >>> >>> A check is done to make sure that the boot media matches the "install >>> files". The check is between the file .discinfo and the .buildstamp >>> file in the initrd. >>> >>> I assume you are installing from a "mirror" of the >>> ftp.scientificlinux.org site. >>> >>> The .buildstamp(in initrd) and .discinfo (in top level dir) have to >>> "agree" >>> >>> So you probably need to get the .discinfo file from your "install >>> tree" and put it on your new iso image. >>> >>> In SL4.x I did not rebuild the "install images" for the iso's. Since >>> I am using a different program for SL5 they get rebuilt. >>> >>> >>> -Connie Sieh >>>> >>>> We get the same error regardless of which SL mirror we use. However, >>>> we can install from our local mirror by using "linux askmethod" and >>>> the normal SL5 installation CD. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Many thanks, >>>> Devin >>>> >>>> ------ >>>> Devin Bougie >>>> Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics >>>> [log in to unmask] >>>> >> >