I rsync'ed the RHAT Linux 9 distribution from Ibiblio.org for a local FTP server that I've set up. I know that there is a known issue with the network/ftp install that has supposedly been resolved:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88884

This fix only seems to work for the boot floppies though, and not the CD image (boot.iso). Has anyone seen a fix for that? I prefer to do the network install with a bootable CD instead of the multiple floppies for a number of reasons.

Here's what I have in my /..../en/os/i386/RedHat/base

-rw-r--r--    1 redhat   users     8257380 Mar 13  2003 comps.rpm
-rw-r--r--    1 redhat   users      642457 Mar 13  2003 comps.xml
-rw-r--r--    1 redhat   users     9728936 Mar 13  2003 hdlist
-rw-r--r--    1 redhat   users    19066344 Mar 13  2003 hdlist2
-rw-r--r--    1 redhat   users    10170368 Mar 13  2003 hdstg2.img
-rw-r--r--    1 redhat   users    10502144 Mar 13  2003 netstg2.img
-rw-r--r--    1 redhat   users    64114688 Mar 13  2003 stage2.img
-rw-r--r--    1 redhat   users      131072 Sep 11 15:52 updates.img

I see that updates.img file in there, which I'm assuming is the fix, but I still get the "unable to read header list" error when I do the FTP install


I get the "Retrieving /base/netstg2.img" but after the pre-configuration phase during "Reading package information..." I get "Unable to read header list. This may be due to a missing file or bad media. Press <return> to try again."

Is there away to get the FTP install to work using the bootable installer CD (typically located at /home/redhat/9/en/os/i386/images/boot.iso)?

Thanks!
Jeff

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Jeff Bollinger, CISSP
University of North Carolina
IT Security Analyst
105 Abernethy Hall
mailto: jeff @unc dot edu

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