Local Network Installation via HTTP or FTP Fails

[Adam Scarcella]

>> On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 04:05, Adam Scarcella wrote:
>> I have been desperately trying to perform a "clean-install" of FC2 since
>> it's release.
>> 
>> I downloaded FC2-test1 using the torrent file FC2-test1-binary-i386.torrent
>> 
>> MD5SUM's were correct and the images burned without a problem, but for some
>> strange reason, my IBM ThinkPad A30 will not boot properly from the burned
>> ISO images. I even burned "boot.iso" alone and it failed exactly the same
>> way, "installation unexpectedly quit"
>> 
>> So instead I downloaded the entire /development directory from:
>> 
>>     http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/
>> 
>> And now I'm trying to install "rawhide" using a local server. Once again I
>> burned "boot.iso" from the downloaded /development directory and began the
>> installation as usual.
>> 
>> I've now tried HTTP and FTP without success. It just dies at the "retrieving
>> base/stage2.img" screen. I realize that "stage2.img" is roughly 66MB but I'm
>> on a local network so it should've only taken a few minutes. I let it go all
>> night and it was still on the same screen in the morning. It dies the same
>> way with both HTTP or FTP. I'm frustrated and confused.
>> 
>> I've successfully installed FC1 using HTTP, FTP, and NFS on prior occasions.
>> I don't understand why I can't seem to get it to work now for FC2.
>> 
>> I have an NFS server on my local network that I've used to install FC1 and
>> it has always worked in the past. However, since NFS requires an ISO image,
>> NFS is not an option for a rawhide installation of RPMs.
>> 
>> I have always used either HTTP of FTP on my local network to install
>> "rawhide" development packages in the past. Is there something that I'm
>> missing?
>> 
>> Respectfully,
>> 
>> Adam =)
>> 
>> 
> 
> AFAIK there's no bootdisk.img nor drvnet.img for FC2t1. Where did you
> find a floppy boot image?
> 
> -- 
> -a

Antti,

I used the /development/images/boot.iso image. It's about 4.2 MB so it can't
fit on a floppy disk. I burned it to CD which is wasteful of a 700 MB CD-R
but if successful, my efforts wouldn't be in vein.

Gene C. was kind enough to reply directly to me. He corrected my previous
post as follows.

> On Sunday 14 March 2004 19:17, Adam Scarcella wrote:
> I have an NFS server on my local network that I use to install FedoraCore 1
> and it has always worked in the past. However, since NFS requires an ISO
> image, NFS is not an option for a rawhide installation.

Not true.  While you can only do an install with ISO images for a harddisk
install, an NFS install will take either a set of ISO images in the
directory 
you point to OR the full directory tree you get by copying all of the
individual files from the ISO images ... this copying is the same thing as
the directory tree pointed to by development/i386 (or development/x86_64).

Rather than everything in development/i386/*, you only need
development/i386/Fedora/* plus to burn a cdrom with the
development/i386/images/boot.iso file.

Right now the files in the development tree have been a bit screwed up and I
have not had good luck in getting something which will install.  Therefore,
I 
am spending my time elsewhere and waiting for the test2 ISO images.
However, 
if the schedule slips more I may give it another try.

Most of the individual packages in the development tree are just fine.
However, the integration of real SElinux into FC2 is really hard and is
taking more time than the developers originally estimated.  I believe it
will 
be worth the wait but it currently is causing some bumps in the development
process.
-- 
Gene