Connie Sieh wrote: > 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? > Connie, Boot CD from: ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386/images/boot.iso NFS location contains the iso image copied from: ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/iso/i386/ This method had worked in SL44. Regards, Howard > 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] >>>> >>>> >>