CentOS - Dec 2015 - "installation source" specification for netinstall

On 12/15/2015 07:39 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 12/15/2015 4:21 PM, ken wrote:
>> I don't think so.  Go to
>> http://mirror.teklinks.com/centos/7.1.1503/isos/x86_64/ and see
what's
>> at that URL.  I did try it using in netinstall (just trying
>> *everything* possible), it yielded the same error  once again... and
>> there aren't any Packages to be found which would be meaningful for
>> installing packages.
>
>
> hmm?  thats the directory with the ISO files, the packages are over in
> ../../os/x86_64, here,
>
> http://mirror.teklinks.com/centos/7.1.1503/os/x86_64/    in ./Packages/
Believe me, I  wish it  did  work.  I've been at this stupid 
specification which should be easy and done over with hours ago.  But it 
doesn't work.

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 08:24:17PM -0500, ken wrote:
> On 12/15/2015 07:39 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> >On 12/15/2015 4:21 PM, ken wrote:
> >>I don't think so.  Go to
> >>http://mirror.teklinks.com/centos/7.1.1503/isos/x86_64/ and see
what's
> >>at that URL.  I did try it using in netinstall (just trying
> >>*everything* possible), it yielded the same error  once again...
and
> >>there aren't any Packages to be found which would be meaningful
for
> >>installing packages.
> >
> >
> >hmm?  thats the directory with the ISO files, the packages are over in
> >../../os/x86_64, here,
> >
> >http://mirror.teklinks.com/centos/7.1.1503/os/x86_64/    in ./Packages/
This one works:

http://mirrors.mit.edu/centos/7/os/x86_64/

I know because I/ve used it for net installs twice in the last
week or two,  most recently a Thursday of last week.
> Believe me, I  wish it  did  work.  I've been at this stupid
> specification which should be easy and done over with hours ago.
> But it doesn't work.
I agreee that it would be nice to have some better doc on how to
choose the URL for a net install, I've stumbled around in the dark
at times past trying to figure it out, too.

but it definitely DOES work if you get the URL right (and if you have
your networking set up correctly, and the mirror isn't broken, and...,
and..., etc.).

Fred

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On 12/15/2015 09:37 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> This one works:
>
> http://mirrors.mit.edu/centos/7/os/x86_64/
>
> I know because I/ve used it for net installs twice in the last
> week or two,  most recently a Thursday of last week.
>
>> >Believe me, I  wish it  did  work.  I've been at this stupid
>> >specification which should be easy and done over with hours ago.
>> >But it doesn't work.
> I agreee that it would be nice to have some better doc on how to
> choose the URL for a net install, I've stumbled around in the dark
> at times past trying to figure it out, too.
>
> but it definitely DOES work if you get the URL right (and if you have
> your networking set up correctly, and the mirror isn't broken, and...,
> and..., etc.).
>
> Fred
After setting up again another the next  morning (yesterday), mit didn't 
work either.  The networking was set up alright-- the  third  time 
setting up everything for the third time, and, after all, the 
configuration page confirmed networking.  What could be wrong?  Well, I 
went back  into the  networking config page and saw it was actually all 
wrong.  It didn't for some reason didn't  even change the  configuration
I put in even after clicking on "Done" (several times).  Apparently, 
'networking connection' to this setup page must have understood to that 
to mean only TCP/IP level 2 connection to the AP... yes, it could talk 
to the AP, but not make an actual to the network.  At this point I 
couldn't trust  netinstall anymore, wiped it, and yesterday burned and 
loaded and  installed a LiveCD.

Days ago, when wrestling with repos setting up, it occurred to me it 
would be nice for the app to have a small console in it, something which 
could be used to confirm (by hand) networking was correct and that URLs 
were there and active... it would be simple.  Apparently it's a bad idea 
for some reason to make any improvements over what comes from upstream. 
  (Sigh.)

Thanks, Fred, for the tip.  I'll augment your tip: don't believe it when
the netinstall configuration says it's (allegedly) correctly configured.