Bug 54567 - ISO loopback ftp-install problem
Summary: ISO loopback ftp-install problem
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-10-12 15:58 UTC by Steve Bonneville
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-10-12 21:33:06 UTC
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Description Steve Bonneville 2001-10-12 15:58:31 UTC
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).

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2001-10-12 18:49:36 UTC
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?

Comment 2 Steve Bonneville 2001-10-12 21:33:02 UTC
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. 
:)

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2001-10-15 21:31:13 UTC
Take a look at how it's done on porkchop in /mnt/test/katzj2 and that should do
it for you.


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