Bug 67070 - kickstart ftp install hangs at post
Summary: kickstart ftp install hangs at post
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-06-19 18:05 UTC by LeRoy Hogan
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:43 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-06-19 18:09:00 UTC
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ks.cfg file from my kickstart ftp install disk when problem occurs (1.39 KB, patch)
2002-06-19 18:08 UTC, LeRoy Hogan
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Description LeRoy Hogan 2002-06-19 18:05:55 UTC
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Description of problem:
The install seems to work until post starts and then hangs, I do keys Ctrl-Alt-F4 and see the following

<6>attempt to access beyond end of device
<6>01:01: rw=0, want=4846 limit=4608
<4>Error -3 while decompressing!
<4>c02a0a3c(-11791757640)->ccfda000 (4096)

Workaround that RH Support gave me. Add to my kickstart disk syslinux.cfg the following to my existing 'append' line:

ramdisk_size=8192

This means my kickstart ftp install needs a bigger ramdisk then the normal defualt size.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.My ks.cfg and syslinux.cfg will be attached
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Actual Results:  Post Install hangs with decompressing error due to ramdisk being too small.

Expected Results:  ramdisk size be big enough for decompressing during kickstart ftp install post section

Additional info:

Comment 1 LeRoy Hogan 2002-06-19 18:08:54 UTC
Created attachment 61688 [details]
ks.cfg file from my kickstart ftp install disk when problem occurs

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2002-06-20 03:16:50 UTC
In current releases, you *must* have the ramdisk_size for things to work.  We've
changed the default ramdisk size in the BOOT kernel for future releases.


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