On Tue, 22 May 2007, Connie Sieh wrote: > 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. That worked too. How did you build the tree at the nfs location. Was it a mirror of ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386/ or a exploded tree from the iso images or something else? You should also not have to pass the "askmethod" option as it asks by default. -Connie Sieh > > -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] >>>>> >>> >> >