the bootnet.img does connect out to any website, as the ftp address only outputs NULL as the ftp server it's connecting too
actuall none of the installs work right boot.img will has problems installing from a hard drive it will not find any directories.. though they are corrent.. and the CD will not upgrade it stops at looking for packages
the Text mode comes up with an "Exception Occured" error, but it doesn't in the graphical version
the exception error is Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 225, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "../../../RedHat/instimage/usr/lib/py thon1.5/site-packages/text.py", line 1000, in run rc = apply (step[1](), step[2]) File "../../../RedHat/instimage/usr/lib/py thon1.5/site-packages/text.py", line 251, in __call__ todo.upgradeFilePackages (root) File "../../..RedHat/instimage/usr/lib/py thon1.5/site-packages/todo.py", line 1155, in upgradeFindPackages packages = rpm.findUpgradeSet (self.hdList.hdlist, self.instpath) rpm.error: error during upgrade check
Send a copy of your fstab, as well as output from fdisk, as there are known problems in both areas which may be what you are seeing.
I have this same problem doing a new network install. At the bottom of the error message (too long to type) it says : IOError: [Errno ftp error] 530 Login incorrect... (this was just after entering in a user account). I have the exact same beginning as the aforementioned dump, but I thought this would help someone look at the ftp login process...
I found a work-around. After it prompts for a root password, it prompts for you to set up a user account. If you enter in nothing there. It moves on. Otherwise it does the fatal exception error noted above and fails.