10:33 p.m.
hello list!
I am having trouble with the install url portion of the kickstart file. The ks was working
in the recent past and honestly I'm not sure what may have changed to break the darn
thing.
First is the mirror url I am attempting to use:
## use mirror to install
url --url http://mirror.trouble-free.net/centos/5.6/os/x86_64/
Now if you pump that url into your browser you should see a viable installer location. But
this is what happens in the installer:
Welcome to CentOS
+-----------------+ HTTP Setup +------------------+
| |
| Please enter the following information: |
| |
| o the name or IP number of your Web server |
| o the directory on that server containing |
| CentOS for your architecture |
| |
| Web site name: mirror.trouble-free.net_ |
| CentOS directory: /centos/5.6/os/x86_64/__ |
| |
| +----+ +------+ |
| | OK | | Back | |
| +----+ +------+ |
| |
| |
+-------------------------------------------------+
<Tab>/<Alt-Tab> between elements | <Space> selects | <F12> next
screen
Next I tried the NFS media I have used in the past without kickstart.
# Use NFS installation media
nfs --server=192.168.1.250 --dir=/mnt/DVD
Now with this I can type the appropriate command on the command line and have it mount:
[root@LCENT03:~] #mount 192.168.1.250:/mnt/DVD /mnt/DVD
[root@LCENT03:~] #cd /mnt/DVD
[root@LCENT03:/mnt/DVD] #ls
CentOS RELEASE-NOTES-cs RELEASE-NOTES-en_US RELEASE-NOTES-ja
RELEASE-NOTES-ro
EULA RELEASE-NOTES-cs.html RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.html RELEASE-NOTES-ja.html
RELEASE-NOTES-ro.html
GPL RELEASE-NOTES-de RELEASE-NOTES-es RELEASE-NOTES-nl
repodata
images RELEASE-NOTES-de.html RELEASE-NOTES-es.html RELEASE-NOTES-nl.html
RPM-GPG-KEY-beta
isolinux RELEASE-NOTES-en RELEASE-NOTES-fr RELEASE-NOTES-pt_BR
RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
NOTES RELEASE-NOTES-en.html RELEASE-NOTES-fr.html RELEASE-NOTES-pt_BR.html
TRANS.TBL
But in the installer this is what happens:
Welcome to CentOS
+----------------------+ NFS Setup +----------------------+
| |
| Please enter the following information: |
| |
| o the name or IP number of your NFS server |
| o the directory on that server containing |
| CentOS for your architecture |
| o optionally, parameters for the NFS mount |
| |
| NFS server name: 192.168.1.250___________ |
| CentOS directory: /mnt/DVD________________ |
| NFS mount options (optional): ________________________ |
| |
| +----+ +------+ |
| | OK | | Back | |
| +----+ +------+ |
| |
| |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
<Tab>/<Alt-Tab> between elements | <Space> selects | <F12> next
screen
I'd really appreciate it if a fresh set of eyes could help spot the problem and
possibly posit a solution.
Thanks!
tim