Sometimes, I can't believe that issues like that are still there. I recently had a very similar issue with IBM KVM I mean it is just a simple ftp url ... it shouldn't be that hard to parse it even if user forgets or add to many of slashes somewhere out there. IBM KVM for example didn't like like url like this: ftp://user:root@x.x.x.x/ I had an ftpd server which was masking the real path into "/"
That was to much for IBM KVM (or actually Red Hat/Fedora which was under the hood). I've uncompressed the initrd and found the script which was parsing the url and as far as I remember it needed /something/ to work properly ;) 2016-03-25 15:52 GMT-04:00 Tom Huegel <tehue...@gmail.com>: > the extra slash "/" .. that did it.. > > Thank-you everyone that helped me with this.. I really appreciate it. -:) > Tom > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Offer Baruch <offerbar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Try adding an extra / at the beginning of the path: > > ftp://root:pass4root@172.17.51.126//var/ftp/linins/ > > > > That is a common issue as well... > > > > Offer > > On Mar 25, 2016 10:18 PM, "Grzegorz Powiedziuk" <gpowiedz...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > ok, now it is is probably one of many very common "little" issues with > > > paths and proper syntax. > > > Take your exact path from your "inst.repo" and paste it into your > > > webbrowser and make sure that you can see .treeinfo file in there. Can > > you? > > > Those installators are very sensitive about little things like missing > or > > > extra "/" at the end of the path. > > > > > > Also, another way to debug this is looking into ftp server log file > while > > > you run your install. > > > In the log you should be seeing what exactly from FTP server's > > perspective, > > > the linux install is trying to open. > > > This usually gives me an idea what am I doing wrong. > > > > > > > > > 2016-03-25 15:00 GMT-04:00 Tom Huegel <tehue...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > Thank you Grzegorz that information is most appreciated. > > > > I am sure that would have been my next problem. > > > > > > > > Even after your suggested changes I still get this message.. > > > > > > > > [ 7.441940] dracut-initqueue[665]: Warning: can't find installer > > > > mainimage path in .treeinfo > > > > [ 7.448315] dracut-initqueue[665]: % Total % Received % Xferd > > > > Average Speed Time Time Time Current > > > > [ 7.448810] dracut-initqueue[665]: Dload Upload Total Spent > > > > Left Speed > > > > [ 7.466071] dracut-initqueue[665]: 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > > > 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0 0 0 0 > > > > 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- > > > > 0 > > > > [ 7.466511] dracut-initqueue[665]: curl: (9) Server denied you to > > > change > > > > to the given directory > > > > [ 7.468632] dracut-initqueue[665]: Warning: Downloading ' > > > > > ftp://root:pass4root@172.17.51.126/var/ftp/linins/LiveOS/squashfs.img' > > f > > > > ailed! > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Grzegorz Powiedziuk < > > > > gpowiedz...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > update, > > > > > And your ins.repo should be pointing to that directory where iso is > > > > mounted > > > > > on ftp so: > > > > > ftp://...../linins/ not to the iso image. > > > > > Gregory > > > > > > > > > > 2016-03-25 13:02 GMT-04:00 Grzegorz Powiedziuk < > > gpowiedz...@gmail.com > > > >: > > > > > > > > > > > the ISO image have to be mounted with a loop back device for > > example > > > > > > mount -o loop /downloads/rhel-server-7.2-s390x-dvd.iso > > > /var/ftp/linins/ > > > > > > And then you ftp into it so you can see actual content of iso > image > > > > > > Gregory > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2016-03-25 12:57 GMT-04:00 Tom Huegel <tehue...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Background: > > > > > >> I have FEDORA F23 running and it is working well. > > > > > >> I want to use this as a FTP server for installing other distros > ,, > > > > > RedHat > > > > > >> and SUSE. > > > > > >> I've downloaded the ISO's from the respective vendors. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On F23 I have started vsftp, stopped the firewall, created a > > > directory > > > > > in > > > > > >> /var/ftp/ called linins, mounted the ISO's there, chmod a=rwx > > > > > >> /var/ftp/linins > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Everything looks good. > > > > > >> From CMS I can FTP to the directory and download files. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> The Problem: > > > > > >> When I try to install either of the other OS's I get this error > > > > message: > > > > > >> " server denied you to change to the given directory" > > > > > >> > > > > > >> My path looks something like this: > > > > > >> inst.repo= > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ftp://root:mypasswordt@172.17.51.126/var/ftp/linins/rhel-server-7.2-s390x-dvd.iso > > > > > >> <==RedHat > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Any ideas what I am missing? > > > > > >> Thanks > > > > > >> Tom > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > > >> send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO > > > LINUX-390 > > > > > or > > > > > >> visit > > > > > >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >> For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > > > > >> http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO > > LINUX-390 > > > or > > > > > visit > > > > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > > > > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 > > or > > > > visit > > > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > > > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > or > > > visit > > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
