Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 54567
ISO loopback ftp-install problem
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:37:35 EDT
Description of Problem: The RELEASE-NOTES claim that the ISO images can be loopback mounted on an FTP server and used as a source for a net install. We create a directory on the ftp site and set up mount points "/disc1", "/disc2", etc. for the ISO images to be loop mounted on, in that directory. Then we specify the directory containing the mount points as the installation directory for an FTP install. The installer looks on the install server and finds $BASE/disc1/RedHat/base/netstg1.img fine, after failing to find the normal $BASE/RedHat/base/netstg1.img. However, the installer only tries to look in $BASE/RedHat, not $BASE/disc*/RedHat, for base/hdlist and for the RPM files; therefore the install fails. Messages indicating this are printed on the installer log virtual console. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Tested with enigma (Sep 24 ISOs).
I just had this work fine for me using the Enigma images. Did you have a RedHat directory in the base directory that the disc1 and disc2 directories were in?
Nope, although the directory the /disc1 and /disc2 directories were in was called RedHat. I could've been doing something wrong -- it's the first time I've tried this. :)
Take a look at how it's done on porkchop in /mnt/test/katzj2 and that should do it for you.