Connie, Thanks for your help, I extracted the boot.iso in the images directory in the first iso from ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/iso/i386/ and all is well. 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 Tue, 22 May 2007, Howard Peng wrote: > >> >> >> 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. > > Yes it did. > > In SL5 I am building the iso images with a program that rebuilds the > install images. So this has the side effect that you have to stay in > the same "tree" to make this work. All pieces have to come from > either the ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/i386 tree > or from the ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/iso/i386 > tree. No mixing. > > There should be a boot.iso in the images directory in the first iso > from ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/50/iso/i386/ . > Try using that one as your basis. > > -Connie Sieh > > > >> 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] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>