We¹ve been installing SLES 10 for a while now, but something came up needing a SLES 9 image. I can get through the initial install without problem, but when I come to the software installation screen, it says it can¹t find any package data. The specific message is ³Cannot read package data from installation media. Media error?² On the FTP server, it looks like the directories are set up correctly, and everything is mounted.
I know it sounds like a whining user, but as far as I know, we haven¹t changed anything since our last SuSE SLES 9 install. Any ideas as to what I¹ve done wrong? -- .~. Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation /V\ RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW / ( ) \ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 ^^-^^ ----- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but ³Join the story... Ride Ural.² in practice, theory and practice are different." The mounts are: rockhopper:~ # mount | grep SuSE9-64 /iso/SLES-9-s390x-CD1.iso on /media/SuSE9-64/sles9/CD1 type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop2) /iso/SLES-9-s390x-CD2.iso on /media/SuSE9-64/core9/CD1 type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop3) /iso/SLES-9-s390x-CD3.iso on /media/SuSE9-64/core9/CD2 type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop4) /iso/SLES-9-s390x-CD4.iso on /media/SuSE9-64/core9/CD3 type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop5) /iso/SLES-9-s390x-CD5.iso on /media/SuSE9-64/core9/CD4 type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop6) /iso/SLES-9-s390x-CD6.iso on /media/SuSE9-64/core9/CD5 type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop7) /iso/SLES-9-SP-3-s390x-GM-CD1.iso on /media/SuSE9-64/sp3/CD1 type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop17) /iso/SLES-9-SP-3-s390x-GM-CD2.iso on /media/SuSE9-64/sp3/CD2 type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop18) /iso/SLES-9-SP-3-s390x-GM-CD3.iso on /media/SuSE9-64/sp3/CD3 type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop19) rockhopper:~ # On the install server, the path /media/SuSE9-64 looks like: drwxr-xr-x 6 r_rpn root 304 Jan 16 2006 . drwxr-xr-x 21 r_rpn root 584 Oct 23 16:10 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 r_rpn root 14 Jun 29 2005 boot -> sles9/CD1/boot lrwxrwxrwx 1 r_rpn root 17 Jun 29 2005 content -> sles9/CD1/content lrwxrwxrwx 1 r_rpn root 21 Nov 28 2005 control.xml -> sles9/CD1/control.xml drwxr-xr-x 7 r_rpn root 168 Jun 29 2005 core9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 r_rpn root 20 Jan 16 2006 driverupdate -> sp3/CD1/driverupdate lrwxrwxrwx 1 r_rpn root 13 Jan 16 2006 linux -> sp3/CD1/linux lrwxrwxrwx 1 r_rpn root 17 Jun 29 2005 media.1 -> sles9/CD1/media.1 drwxr-xr-x 3 r_rpn root 72 Jun 29 2005 sles9 drwxr-xr-x 5 r_rpn root 120 Jan 16 2006 sp3 drwxr-xr-x 2 r_rpn root 104 Jan 16 2006 yast The FTP description was entered as follows: Please specify the installation Source: 1) NFS 2) SAMBA 3) FTP 0) Abort Choice:3 Please enter the IP-Number of the host providing the installation media:129.176.250.20 PING 129.176.250.20 (129.176.250.20) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 129.176.250.20: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.838 ms 64 bytes from 129.176.250.20: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.502 ms 64 bytes from 129.176.250.20: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.553 ms --- 129.176.250.20 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.502/0.631/0.838/0.147 ms Please enter the directory of the installation media:/media/SuSE9-64 Is the following correct? Installation Source: ftp IP-Address: 129.176.250.20 Directory: /media/SuSE9-64 Yes/No:yes Please enter the username for the FTP-access (for anonymous just press enter):suseftp Please enter the password for the FTP-Access (for anonymous just press enter):suse9 Is the following correct? FTP User: suseftp FTP Password: suse9 Yes/No:yes Which terminal do want to use? 1) X-Window 2) VNC (VNC-Client or Java enabled Browser) 3) ssh Choice:3 ramdisk /dev/ram0 freed >>> SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 installation program v1.6.53 (c) 1996-2004 SU SE LINUX AG <<< SCSI subsystem initialized st: Version 20040318, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256 Starting hardware detection... Searching for info file... Loading data into RAM disk........................................................................ .................................. ............................................................................ ........................................................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
