On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Ken Teh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just started using the http based kickstart install. Done via the > kickstart url option. I have installed a couple of SL5.1 systems > successfully and tried today to install a SL4.6 machine. I boot the system > with the disc1 iso image and provide the kickstart file via NFS. Like so: > > boot: linux ks=nfs:installserver.my.net:/SL/46/ks/myks > > In my kickstart file I specify our local SL mirror as the install server. > Like so: > > url --url http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/scientific-linux/46/i386
Hi Ken, $ curl http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/scientific-linux/46/i386 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <html><head> <title>301 Moved Permanently</title> </head><body> <h1>Moved Permanently</h1> <p>The document has moved <a href="http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/scientific-linux/46/i386/";>here</a>.</p> <hr> <address>Apache Server at mirror.anl.gov Port 80</address> </body></html> so try adding the "/" on the end. RPM at least does not follow these , I don't know about the internals of anaconda. Steve > > Works for 5.1 but not for 4.6. I've attached the Alt-F2 screen. Can > someone provide some pointer on how to debug this? How do I go about > isolating the problem? > > I can revert back to using my old method which is an NFS based install. But > http based installs are so convenient especially since we have high-speed > access to a local SL mirror. > > Thanks! > > -- Steve Traylen
