Description of problem: seems rhel6b2 anaconda can't do remote installs, i've tried it on 2 sun x2100 m2's. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL6.0-20100715.2-Server-x86_64-DVD1.iso Steps to Reproduce: 1. extract vmlinuz and initrd.img from dvd 2. boot with these parameters: lang=en_US keymap=us ksdevice=00:11:22:33:44:55 netmask=255.255.255.0 ip=192.168.3.4 hostname=bleep quiet panic=30 vnc vncpassword=foo askmethod 3. supply nfs server address and directory when asked Actual results: "Failed to read directory /mnt/runtime/etc: No such file or directory" Expected results: continue install
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Please attach /tmp/anaconda.log and /tmp/syslog to this bug report. Thanks.
i can see they exist, however i am at a loss how to extract them from the installer
You can switch to tty2 and scp them to another computer, then attach them from there.
sh: scp: command not found
Could you at least attach screenshots of tty3 and tty4, then? Did you run media check? This has all the makings of a media read error. I haven't seen any further indications that this is a more widespread problem.
Created attachment 437251 [details] anaconda ctl-alt-F3 screen
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if my nfs server directory contains merely RHEL6.0-20100715.2-Server-x86_64-DVD1.iso, anaconda says "That directory could not be mounted from the server." when anaconda re-asks for the nfs server directory it appears to have appended "images/install.img" onto my answer. if i add a softlink at the server of "images -> ." anaconda says "That directory does not seem to contain a Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation image." if i add a softlink at the server of "install.img -> RHEL6.0-20100715.2-Server-x86_64-DVD1.iso" anaconda says "Failed to read directory /mnt/runtime/etc: No such file or directory". it never gets to "mediacheck" at the installer. shasum passes at the server.
If you are doing an NFS install where the contents of your NFS server is just the ISO image, you need to put install.img from the ISO onto your NFS server in an images/ directory below your existing ISO image. That you haven't done that explains the weird errors here.