As mentioned in my previous post I just completed a rebuild on my new dns/mail server. And it was almost a disaster. When loading from CDs I would get a dialog that an rpm could not be found, perhaps bad media. I would pop out the CD, click OK and things continued. Until finally it would not. I had two copies of the CDs and neither worked! So I happened to have the CDs on my web server (NT running Apache 2.something old) and since these systems were on the same subnet I opted for an HTTP install. Got that going and about 25% in, it hung. And no way to tell it, please try the server again. (other systems could access the server and see the files in question). I tried to get apache running on another Linux system I am building but took a wrong turn there so I desperation I tried the CD install. Everything was working this time until disk 3 about the last rpm. ARGH! So I took the CD out and cleaned it really well, and it found the rpm ni question. Oh what a weekend. I have GOT to get a good way to do an install......
On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 11:16 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:> As mentioned in my previous post I just completed a rebuild on my new > dns/mail server. And it was almost a disaster. > > When loading from CDs I would get a dialog that an rpm could not be > found, perhaps bad media. I would pop out the CD, click OK and > things continued. Until finally it would not. I had two copies of > the CDs and neither worked! > > So I happened to have the CDs on my web server (NT running Apache > 2.something old) and since these systems were on the same subnet I > opted for an HTTP install. > > Got that going and about 25% in, it hung. And no way to tell it, > please try the server again. (other systems could access the server > and see the files in question). > > I tried to get apache running on another Linux system I am building > but took a wrong turn there so I desperation I tried the CD > install. Everything was working this time until disk 3 about the > last rpm. ARGH! So I took the CD out and cleaned it really well, > and it found the rpm ni question. > > Oh what a weekend. > > I have GOT to get a good way to do an install...... > >I've done more than 500 http installs and 150 CD/DVD installs with only 2 problems (both were scratched media). -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060103/6e6ed327/attachment.sig>
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:> As mentioned in my previous post I just completed a rebuild > on my new dns/mail server. And it was almost a disaster. > When loading from CDs ... So I happened to have the CDs onmy> web server ... opted for an HTTP install.I've never had an issue installing from .iso image files, or NFS exported install tree. In fact, I typically install via NFS from my tested install tree of updated RPMs.> I have GOT to get a good way to do an install......Plop the install tree out into a NFS exported directory. Feel free to mix in updated RPMs and run "genhdlist". Saves you a number of steps after installation. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------- *** Speed doesn't kill, difference in speed does ***