From Bugzilla Helper: Description of problem: If you have your kickstart file on the web, and point to it using a URL that needs a redirect (via a 301 with a Location: line), it doesn't find it. Since I don't really know the correct terminology for what I'm saying here, an example is in order: http://www.uiuc.edu/~menscher/ should redirect to: http://w3.physics.uiuc.edu/~menscher/ The linux installer isn't following that redirect. It works fine if I point it straight at the "final" destination. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.create a webpage with a redirect 2.put a kickstart file there 3.point anaconda at the webpage Actual Results: It tried a non-kickstart install. Expected Results: Should have followed the redirect. Or at least warned that it couldn't find it. Doing something completely different is unacceptable.
We have a very barebones HTTP implementation to keep things small and fitting on a floppy. Will consider for a future release.
Please change for RHEL 3 U6 and RHEL4 U2... this is an important bug that should have been fixed YEARS ago.
Since RHEL 3 requires 2 floppies already (and RHEL 4 doesn't even work with floppies), please consider this request.
Red Hat apologizes that these issues have not been resolved yet. We do want to make sure that no important bugs slip through the cracks. Red Hat Linux 7.3 and Red Hat Linux 9 are no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. They are maintained by the Fedora Legacy project (http://www.fedoralegacy.org/) for security updates only. If this is a security issue, please reassign to the 'Fedora Legacy' product in bugzilla. Please note that Legacy security update support for these products will stop on December 31st, 2006. If this is not a security issue, please check if this issue is still present in a current Fedora Core release. If so, please change the product and version to match, and check the box indicating that the requested information has been provided. If you are currently still running Red Hat Linux 7.3 or 9, please note that Fedora Legacy security update support for these products will stop on December 31st, 2006. You are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Any bug still open against Red Hat Linux 7.3 or 9 at the end of 2006 will be closed 'CANTFIX'. Again, if this bug still exists in a current release, or is a security issue, please change the product as necessary. We thank you for your help, and apologize again that we haven't handled these issues to this point.
Red Hat Linux 7.3 and Red Hat Linux 9 are no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. f you are currently still running Red Hat Linux 7.3 or 9, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Closing as CANTFIX.
Hooray for ignoring bugs for 4 years and then closing them since they relate to old products! Modifying affected version to RHEL5 beta and reopening. Will check back in another 4 years.
This is fixed in RHEL5 GA. It's actually been in since September 2006 - not sure why this bug was never closed, but it's probably been assigned to the wrong person for quite a while.