Bug 74330 - FTP Network install from pcmcia floppy fails
Summary: FTP Network install from pcmcia floppy fails
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Public Beta
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: null
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-09-20 16:25 UTC by Michael St. Laurent
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:46 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-09-20 18:59:39 UTC
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Description Michael St. Laurent 2002-09-20 16:25:08 UTC
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Description of problem:
I boot the PCMCIA install floppy and do an FTP install but it doesn't use the 
netstg1.img file properly (or the file is incorrect).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Boot from install floppy (written 
using /pub/redhat/linux/beta/null/en/os/images/pcmcia.img
2.  Switch to driver disk when prompted.
3.  Specify FTP install
4.  Use server ftp.redhat.com
5.  Use directory /pub/redhat/linux/beta/null/en/os
6.  Installation will fail with "failed to read /modules/module-info"
	

Additional info:

Screen 3 indicates the following:

transferring 
ftp://ftp.redhat.com//pub/redhat/linux/beta/null/en/os/i386/RedHat/base/updates.
img to a fd
transferring 
ftp://ftp.redhat.com//pub/redhat/linux/beta/null/en/os/i386/disc1/RedHat/base/up
dates.img to a fd
transferring 
ftp://ftp.redhat.com//pub/redhat/linux/beta/null/en/os/i386/RedHat/base/netstg1.
img to a fd
copied 8073216 bytes to (null)
mntloop loop0 on /mnt/runtime as /tmp/ramfs/netstg1.img fd is 16
got url ftp://ftp.redhat.com//pub/redhat/linux/beta/null/en/os/i386
getting ready to spawn shell now

Screen 4 has the following:

Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev loop(7,0).

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-09-20 19:57:37 UTC
Dupe of another (don't remember the id off hand).  Already fixed in our current
internal trees

Comment 2 Michael St. Laurent 2002-09-20 20:04:35 UTC
OK but in the mean time is there some way I can perform a network install?


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