Bug 8180 - hangs when querying packages via ftp
Summary: hangs when querying packages via ftp
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.1
Hardware: alpha
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matt Wilson
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: 11076 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-01-04 23:52 UTC by cmellend
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2000-06-12 18:07:03 UTC
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Description cmellend 2000-01-04 23:52:40 UTC
In either upgrade or install mode. System is DEC Multia 166 w/64 MB Ram.
Fujitsu 640Mb SCSI Hdd / IBM 2.1 SCSI HDD.
Connects to ftp server, sets partitions and mount points. When gets to
Querying  packages to choose to install (or upgrade depending on
mode)system hangs

Comment 1 mcornick 2000-04-19 15:24:59 UTC
I'm seeing something similar to this. I can boot, start a text mode install, and
do all the steps up to (including) entering a root password before the system
hangs.

This is on a Multia, 166MHz w/ 64MB RAM and an IBM 2.0GB IDE hard drive, with
the PCI/SCSI option installed (though I have no SCSI devices connected
presently.) I get the same results with an NFS, FTP or hard drive install. I
also get the same results with 6.1 or 6.2.

Comment 2 Derek Tattersall 2000-04-25 19:02:59 UTC
On our multia here also hangs when querying packages via ftp.

Comment 3 Derek Tattersall 2000-04-26 16:10:59 UTC
Doing a 6.1 FTP install on a miata, the reading package information takes up to
1/2 hour.  However using 6.2 the list comes up almost instantaneously.

Comment 4 Derek Tattersall 2000-04-26 16:21:59 UTC
using RHL6.1, the multia seemed to hang in the reading package info stage.
Using RHL6.2, the reading package info stage took about 1 minute.  Out multia
has 48M of ram and a 500 meg drive, but I can't get it reproduce this problem.

Comment 5 Bas Vermeulen 2000-05-16 08:50:59 UTC
I've seen the same problem on my multia, or at least similar. The install would
hang on a ftp install, after it asked me for the hostname to use (using dhcp to
setup the network, no reverse dns set)

Information on my box:

Multia 166 MHz ev4
32 MB RAM
300 MB internal SCSI HD

A workaround seems to be creating the filesystem(s) by hand on the console
(mknod /tmp/sda1 ; mkfs.ext2 /tmp/sda1 ; rm /tmp/sda1). I told it NOT to format
the filesystem. After that, the install worked like expected.

Comment 6 Brock Organ 2000-08-31 23:02:30 UTC
*** Bug 11076 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Brock Organ 2000-09-06 14:53:55 UTC
*** Bug 11076 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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