When installing pinstripe using netboot, the installer successfilly retrives the 2nd stage stuff over ftp. After doing so, a CWD / is issued. This then breaks the installation with an anaconda error, saying file not found. If the installer was to not issue the cwd command, it would be sucessfull. The actual cause reported to anaconda varies but is either permussion denied or file not found. While workarounds to exist, they only ecime obvious to someone who looks at the commands senr to the ftp server.(if that is possible) ------------------------ Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 426, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1022, in run File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0//usr/lib/anaconda/textw/packages_text.py", line 32, in __call__ File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 524, in getHeaderList File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0//usr/lib/anaconda/urlinstall.py", line 65, in readHeaders File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0//usr/lib/anaconda/log.py", line 23, in __call__ TypeError: illegal argument type for built-in operation Local variables in innermost frame: args: ('ftp error', 'ftp://192.168.1.3/pinstripe/i386/en/RedHat/base/hdlist', '550 /c:/ pinstripe: Permission denied.') self: <log.LogFile instance at 81df9b0> format: IOError %d occured getting %s: %s ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iurlinstall UrlInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'baseUrl' p6 S'ftp://192.168.1.3/pinstripe/i386/en' sbsS'initlevel' p7 I3 sS'skipLilo' p8 I0 sS'progressWindow' p9 NsS'expert' p10 I0 sS'ddruidReadOnly' p11 I0 sS'bootdisk' p12 I0 sS'language' p13 (itodo Language (dp14 S'abbrevMap' p15 (dp16 S'es_ES' p17 S'Spanish' p18 sS'tr_TR' p19 S'Turkish' p20 sS'sr_YU' p21 S'Serbian' p22 sS'de_DE' p23 S'German' p24 sS'sk_SK' p25 S'Slovak' p26 sS'ru_RU.KOI8-R' p27 S'Russian' p28 sS'is_IS' p29 S'Icelandic' p30 sS'no_NO' p31 S'Norwegian' p32 sS'sv_SE' p33 S'Swedish' p34 sS'en_US' p35 S'English' p36 sS'it_IT' p37 S'Italian' p38 sS'da_DK' p39 S'Danish' p40 sS'cs_CZ' p41 S'Czech' p42 sS'uk_UA.KOI8-U' p43 S'Ukrainian' p44 sS'hu_HU' p45 S'Hungarian' p46 sS'fr_FR' p47 S'French' p48 sS'sl_SI' p49 S'Slovenian' p50 sS'ro_RO' p51 S'Romanian' p52 ssS'font' p53 (dp54 g38 S'lat0-sun16' sg22 S'cyr-sun16' sg28 S'cyr-sun16' sg36 S'None' sg26 S'lat2-sun16' sg32 S'lat0-sun16' sg34 S'lat0-sun16' sg48 S'None' sg50 S'lat2-sun16' sg52 S'lat2-sun16' sg24 S'None' sg20 S'lat5-sun16' sg46 S'lat2-sun16' sg18 S'None' sg44 S'cyr-sun16' sg42 S'lat2-sun16' sg40 S'lat0-sun16' sg30 S'lat0-sun16' ssS'langs' p55 (dp56 g38 g37 sg22 g21 sg28 g27 sg36 g35 sg26 g25 sg32 g31 sg34 g33 sg48 g47 sg50 g49 sg52 g51 sg24 g23 sg20 g19 sg46 g45 sg18 g17 sg44 g43 sg42 g41 sg40 g39 sg30 g29 ssS'info' p57 (dp58 S'LANG' p59 g35 ssS'map' p60 (dp61 g38 S'iso15' sg22 S'iso05' sg28 S'koi8-r' sg36 S'None' sg26 S'iso02' sg32 S'iso15' sg34 S'iso15' sg48 S'None' sg50 S'iso02' sg52 S'iso02' sg24 S'None' sg20 S'iso09' sg46 S'iso02' sg18 S'None' sg44 S'koi8-u' sg42 S'iso02' sg40 S'iso15' sg30 S'iso15' ssS'lang' p62 g35 sbsS'fstab' p63 NsS'lilo' p64 (ililo LiloConfiguration (dp65 S'liloDevice' p66 S'partition' p67 sS'initrdsMade' p68 (dsS'edd' p69 I0 sS'default' p70 S'linux' p71 sS'liloImages' p72 (dp73 S'hda3' p74 (g71 I2 tssS'liloLinear' p75 I1 sS'liloAppend' p76 NsbsS'comps' p77 NsS'network' p78 (itodo Network (dp79 S'netdevices' p80 (dp81 S'eth0' p82 (itodo NetworkDevice (dp83 g57 (dp84 S'ONBOOT' p85 S'yes' sS'IPADDR' p86 S'192.168.1.11' sS'BOOTPROTO' p87 S'static' sS'NETMASK' p88 S'255.255.255.0' sS'DEVICE' p89 g82 ssbssS'gateway' p90 S'192.168.1.1' sS'secondaryNS' p91 S'' sS'hostname' p92 S'greenland' sS'primaryNS' p93 S'24.3.0.33' sS'domains' p94 (lsS'isConfigured' p95 I1 sS'readData' p96 I1 sS'ternaryNS' p97 S'' sbsS'upgrade' p98 I0 sS'instClass' p99 (icustom InstallClass (dp100 S'rootPasswordCrypted' p101 I0 sS'nameserver' p102 S'' sS'x' NsS'rootPassword' p103 NsS'makeBootdisk' p104 I0 sS'installType' p105 NsS'postScript' p106 NsS'earlySwapOn' p107 I0 sS'networkDevice' p108 NsS'clearText' p109 Nsg64 (S'mbr' p110 I1 S'' tsg13 NsS'name' p111 S'' sS'postInChroot' p112 I0 sS'pixmap' p113 S'' sS'partitions' p114 (lsS'clearType' p115 Nsg90 S'' sS'mouse' p116 NsS'packages' p117 NsS'timezone' p118 NsS'zeroMbr' p119 I0 sS'keyboard' p120 NsS'groups' p121 NsS'bootProto' p122 NsS'netmask' p123 S'' sS'raidList' p124 (lsS'skipSteps' p125 (dsS'auth' p126 (I1 I1 I0 S'' I0 S'' I0 I0 S'' S'' I0 S'' S'' S'' I0 S'' S'' tsg92 Nsg63 (lsS'showgroups' p127 NsS'ip' p128 S'' sS'defaultRunlevel' p129 NsS'desktop' p130 S'' sS'clearPartText' p131 NsS'clearParts' p132 I0 sbsS'rootpassword' p133 (itodo Password (dp134 S'pure' p135 S'ethernet' sS'crypt' p136 S'oCC4XciW2/ej6' sbsS'extraModules' p137 (lp138 sg116 (imouse Mouse p139 (dp140 S'device' p141 S'ttyS0' p142 sg57 (dp143 S'XMOUSETYPE' p144 S'Microsoft' p145 sS'FULLNAME' p146 S'Microsoft - Compatible Mouse (serial)' p147 sS'MOUSETYPE' p148 g145 ssS'emu' p149 I0 sS'wasProbed' p150 I0 sS'emulate' p151 I1 sbsS'ddruidAlreadySaved' p152 I0 sS'serial' p153 I0 sg118 (S'America/New_York' I0 I0 tsg119 I0 sg120 (ikbd Keyboard (dp154 S'layout' p155 NsS'model' p156 NsS'type' p157 S'PC' p158 sg57 (dp159 S'KEYBOARDTYPE' p160 S'pc' p161 sS'KEYTABLE' p162 S'us-latin1' p163 ssbsS'skipFdisk' p164 I0 sS'fdDevice' p165 S'fd0' p166 sS'installSystem' p167 I1 sS'setupFilesystems' p168 I1 sg126 (itodo Authentication (dp169 S'useNIS' p170 I0 sS'nisServer' p171 S'' sS'useLdap' p172 I0 sS'krb5Kdc' p173 S'' sS'useHesiod' p174 I0 sS'ldapServer' p175 S'' sS'nisDomain' p176 S'' sS'krb5Realm' p177 S'' sS'useLdapauth' p178 I0 sS'hesiodRhs' p179 S'' sS'useShadow' p180 I1 sS'nisuseBroadcast' p181 I0 sS'useKrb5' p182 I0 sS'useMD5' p183 I1 sS'ldapBasedn' p184 S'' sS'krb5Admin' p185 S'' sS'hesiodLhs' p186 S'' sS'hesiodDlhs' p187 S'' sbsg92 NsS'reconfigOnly' p188 I0 sS'x' (ixf86config XF86Config (dp189 S'monlist' p190 (dsS'keyModel' p191 S'pc101' p192 sS'monids' p193 (dsg141 NsS'monEisa' p194 NsS'server' p195 NsS'monHoriz' p196 S'31.5' p197 sS'devID' p198 NsS'modes' p199 (dp200 S'8' (lp201 S'640x480' p202 assS'keyOptions' p203 S'' sS'keyVariant' p204 S'' sS'monID' p205 S'Unprobed Monitor' p206 sS'keyLayout' p207 S'us' p208 sg116 g139 sS'keyRules' p209 S'xfree86' p210 sS'monVert' p211 S'60' p212 sS'cardMan' p213 NsS'monSect' p214 S'' sS'primary' p215 I0 sS'vidRam' p216 NsS'probed' p217 I0 sS'monName' p218 NsS'vidCards' p219 (lsS'skip' p220 I0 sS'files' p221 S'\012# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the\012# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally\012# no need to change the default.\012\012 RgbPath\011"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"\012\012# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)\012# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of\012# the X server to render fonts.\012\012 FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"\012 FontPath "unix/:7100"\012' p222 sbsS'users' p223 (lp224 (S'myuname' S'' S'mypass' tasS'instPath' p225 S'/mnt/sysimage' p226 sS'intf' p227 NsS'hdList' p228 Nsb.
Why is CWD / failing in the first place?