Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 215
ftp and smb install problems
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:48 EDT
1. FTP install using Windows NT 4.0 as ftp server fails at file "setup-1.9.1-2.noarch" NBT message returned "file not found on server" I suspect NT cannot handle the filename due to length or number of periods. I realize this is not your product's shortcoming, but it would be helpful for those of us integrating multiple environments. Also, shortening the filename may cure the problem for your customers. 2. Tried to install via SMB instead (seemed logical for environment). Could not log onto share. Set up packet analyzer and found Redhat unit doing DNS requests for server name (FQDN). Seems a bit odd for an SMB environment to be expecting a DNS server. Also your screens indicate you can input the SMB server name or IP address. Packet analyzer showed that when I put in the IP address it prepended that onto the domain name (172.20.151.80.homedomain.com). Needless to say that did not work. I ended up setting up DNS on my NT server, and am loading the Redhat machine now. 3. Tried CD load via a Toshiba XM-5302b (pretty generic IDE ATAPI cd). I found in the back of the install manual the section on 'hdc=cdrom' but could not get it to work. I suspect this is my error. What driver should I have used? If there is none, shouldn't you add one? (for generic IDE ATAPI CDs) Thanks, Art Sandborgh
1. This appears to be an NT problem, and there's not much we can do about it. 2. We had no trouble doing an SMB install from the cdrom on NT4.0 3. Need more information regarding the setup of the cdrom. Was it the master on the secondary channel? It should have booted from the cdrom.