> Ken Teh wrote: >> I'm unable to install SL4.7 via the url method. Originally, I thought it was something to do with our local mirror but I've tried it against http://ftp.scientificlinux.org and I get exactly the same error. The Alt-F4 (?) screen shows the following (I'm copying it from a Ctrl-S screen, so typos galore) : >> URL_STAGE_MAIN- url is >> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/47/i386 >> url address ftp.scientificlinux.org >> url prefix /linux/scientific/47/i386 >> mntloop loop0 on /mnt/runtime as /mnt/source/SL/base/stage2.img fd is 22 >> mntloop loop7 on /tmp/update-disk as /mnt/source/SL/base/updates.img fd is 22 >> umounting loopback /tmp/update-disk loop7 >> transferring >> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org//linux/scientific/47/i386/SL/base/product.img to a fd >> transferring >> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org//linux/scientific/47/i386/disc1/SL/base/product.img to a fd >> umounting loopback /mnt/runtime loop0 >> umount loopback /tmp/product-disk loop7 >> LOOP_CLR_FD failed for /tmp/product-disk loop7 (No such device or address) >> and it just keeps repeating itself over and over again. I noticed that it first mounted loop7 on update-disk, then tried to umount it as product-disk. Is this a typo in anaconda? >> I've posted this before maybe a year ago with SL4.6 which IIRC also does >> not work. I believed it worked with SL4.5. And, I know for a fact it works with SL5.x > Hi Ken, > At what point in the install is this? > I'm thinking this is just after you've given it the url, but before the graphical install part starts. Is that correct? > Do you get the same errors using ftp instead of http? > (ftp is terrible for SL5, but SL4 the speed is pretty close) > Troy > -- > __________________________________________________ > Troy Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (630)840-6468 > Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group > __________________________________________________
Hi Troy, I don't actually know. I use the following command at the syslinux boot boot: linux ks=nfs:myserver.phy.anl.gov:/SL/47/ks/myhostname and in my myhostname ks script, I have the line url --url http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/.... I've tried it both with http and ftp. IIRC, ftp died a horrible death; anaconda terminated abnormally, some exception, I think. No Alt-F screens to see why. But, I really did not chase this down much. It could have been a typo on my part. If it's any help, I see in the blue screen the DHCP request. After it gets its IP, the line "running anaconda" normally pops up at the bottom. I dont see this at all. At this point, I switch to the Alt-F screens and that's where I see all these error messages. So, yes, it never gets to its graphical startup. Ken
