Bug 17534
| Summary: | pyton error in the installation script : "bad magic in header" | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Geert Jordaens <geert.jordaens> |
| Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Michael Fulbright <msf> |
| Status: | CLOSED WORKSFORME | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 6.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i586 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2000-10-09 18:53:45 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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This error occured as I was trying to install via HTTP. I had to instal via HTTP because it doesn't work via FTP. The mirrorsite I've used was : mirrors.pandora.be/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com. It is possible that the mirrors site needs a user name and password and responds with on of the folowing codes : HTTP response codes: 301, 302 or 401. This seems to be related to the mirror site you were attempting to use - we have not had problems with either FTP or HTTP base installs in our testing. |
When trying to install a RH6.2 via bootnet.img + updates 20000419. I get a pyton error in the installation script : "bad magic in header" my system : P133 SCSI controler : AHA 2940 UW SCSI Disk : QUANTUM VIKKING II 4.5GB Ethernet adapter : NE 2000 compatible def readHeaders(self): connected = 0 while not connected: try: url = urllib.urlopen(self.baseUrl + "/RedHat/base/hdlist") except IOError, (errnum, msg): # print "IOError occurred, trying again" time.sleep(5) else: connected = 1 raw = url.read(16) hl = [] while (raw): info = struct.unpack("iiii", raw) magic1 = socket.ntohl(info[0]) & 0xffffffff if (magic1 != 0x8eade801 or info[1]): raise TypeError, "bad magic in header" il = socket.ntohl(info[2]) dl = socket.ntohl(info[3]) totalSize = il * 16 + dl; hdrString = raw[8:] + url.read(totalSize) hdr = rpm.headerLoad(hdrString) hl.append(hdr) raw = url.read(16) return HeaderList(hl)