Try using the server at ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu Also, you might try using an HTTP install
Here is what I think is happening... The FTP servers that you are using are fairly busy and have a limited number of anonymous users that can attach. - The RH9 ftp install logs and in down loads one file, - drops the connection, - acts on the downloaded file, sees it needs another file, - opens up an ftp connection to the server you specified, - downloads the new file, - drops the connection - on and on and on, file by file... On a busy server, it eventually reaches a time when the server is maxed out and you cannot re-login, and there is NO RECOVERY! At that point you are simply hosed. :-( I once worked all night playing with this on a RH9 install. Finally, I just downloaded the ISO's and mounted them locally on another machine and then did an NFS install. Now that worked like a charm and was mucho fast! Good Luck - Jon Carnes On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 09:59, Douglas Kojetin wrote: > hi all- > > i am attempting to do a network install (ftp) of RH 9. when the install > gets to the 'reading packing information' screen ... i eventually get > the prompt 'unable to read header list. this may be due to a massing > file or bad media. press (return) to try again'. > > i've tried using DUKE (redhat.dulug...) and NCSU (kickstart.linux..) > ftp servers to no avail ... any suggestions? > > thanks, > doug -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
