On 12/15/2015 04:28 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:> On 12/15/2015 12:29 PM, ken wrote: >> But that configuration page probes, then it says, "Error setting up >> base repository". > > I'm not sure why that wouldn't work. I'm pretty sure you need to use a > repository whose version matches the ISO, but that should be the case > unless you got the netinstall ISO before 7.2 was released. > > Maybe pick a specific mirror, such as > http://mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net/centos/7/os/x86_64/ > (https://www.centos.org/download/mirrors/)Tried the one above and a lot of others replied to John, many others. This is one of those situation where accurate understandable documentation would be worthwhile.> Any URL where you see a "repodata" directory (assuming the correct arch > and release) should work as an additional repository (for EPEL and others).I'll save this tip for later. First I need to get the basic, *easy* (?) specification working.
Gordon Messmer
2015-Dec-16 18:13 UTC
[CentOS] "installation source" specification for netinstall
On 12/15/2015 04:09 PM, ken wrote:>> I'm not sure why that wouldn't work. I'm pretty sure you need to use a >> repository whose version matches the ISO, but that should be the case >> unless you got the netinstall ISO before 7.2 was released. >> >> Maybe pick a specific mirror, such as >> http://mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net/centos/7/os/x86_64/ >> (https://www.centos.org/download/mirrors/) > > Tried the one above and a lot of others replied to John, many others. > This is one of those situation where accurate understandable > documentation would be worthwhile.To be fair, an accurate description of what you're doing would be worthwhile, too. I downloaded http://mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1511.iso. Its sha256sum is 9ed9ffb5d89ab8cca834afce354daa70a21dcb410f58287d6316259ff89758f5, which matches sha256sum.txt. I booted from the ISO, selected "installation source" and entered "mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net/centos/7/isos/x86_64/" in the field to the right of the "http://" prefix. Anaconda downloaded the package list and allowed me to select package groups.
On 12/16/2015 01:13 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:> On 12/15/2015 04:09 PM, ken wrote:....> > To be fair, an accurate description of what you're doing would be > worthwhile, too.What I described was plenty enough for anyone who's been through the netinstall configuration before. There's no point in explanation a simple gui for those who don't what I'm talking about.> > I downloaded > http://mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1511.iso.I installed netinstall without a problem.> Its sha256sum is > 9ed9ffb5d89ab8cca834afce354daa70a21dcb410f58287d6316259ff89758f5, which > matches sha256sum.txt.Well, I prefer md5sums, so pretty much the same. Moreover, k3b, the app I use to burn CDs talks md5sums, not shasums.> I booted from the ISO, selected "installation source" and entered > "mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net/centos/7/isos/x86_64/" in the field to the > right of the "http://" prefix.Yeah, I did all that exactly the same. It's pretty idiot-proof for just about anyone to do all that correctly.> Anaconda downloaded the package list and allowed me to select package > groups.And that means success... which I didn't get... because something in netinstall wasn't working right. See my response in this thread to what I wrote to Fred. You've given me a lot of good and pivotal help and info in past here, I appreciate all that very much. That's for sharing my frustration. Believe me, I've had a lot myself.