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? 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] >>