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 <[email protected]> wrote: > Try adding an extra / at the beginning of the path: > ftp://root:[email protected]//var/ftp/linins/ > > That is a common issue as well... > > Offer > On Mar 25, 2016 10:18 PM, "Grzegorz Powiedziuk" <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]>: > > > > > 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:[email protected]/var/ftp/linins/LiveOS/squashfs.img' > f > > > ailed! > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Grzegorz Powiedziuk < > > > [email protected] > > > > 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 < > [email protected] > > >: > > > > > > > > > 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 <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > > > >> 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:[email protected]/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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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/
