On 12/15/2015 04:22 PM, John R Pierce wrote:> On 12/15/2015 12:29 PM, ken wrote: >> Trying to specify the "installation source" in the configuration of >> netinstall for centos 7 (7.1). Three places on the web said >> >> mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/ >> >> But that configuration page probes, then it says, "Error setting up >> base repository". >> >> What's the magic needed? >> >> Also, if anyone knows specs for epel and others, they might help too. > > use one of the actual mirrors. > http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/Nope. No go.
Karanbir Singh
2015-Dec-19 01:35 UTC
[CentOS] "installation source" specification for netinstall
On 15/12/15 23:46, ken wrote:> On 12/15/2015 04:22 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 12/15/2015 12:29 PM, ken wrote: >>> Trying to specify the "installation source" in the configuration of >>> netinstall for centos 7 (7.1). Three places on the web said >>> >>> mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/ >>> >>> But that configuration page probes, then it says, "Error setting up >>> base repository". >>> >>> What's the magic needed? >>> >>> Also, if anyone knows specs for epel and others, they might help too. >> >> use one of the actual mirrors. >> http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/ > > Nope. No go.Switch to the VC's and see what the error message is in the logs. do you have networking setup at this point ? is it working as you'd expect ? -- Karanbir Singh +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc
On 12/18/2015 08:35 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote:> On 15/12/15 23:46, ken wrote: >> On 12/15/2015 04:22 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >>> On 12/15/2015 12:29 PM, ken wrote: >>>> Trying to specify the "installation source" in the configuration of >>>> netinstall for centos 7 (7.1). Three places on the web said >>>> >>>> mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/ >>>> >>>> But that configuration page probes, then it says, "Error setting up >>>> base repository". >>>> >>>> What's the magic needed? >>>> >>>> Also, if anyone knows specs for epel and others, they might help too. >>> >>> use one of the actual mirrors. >>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/ >> >> Nope. No go. > > Switch to the VC's and see what the error message is in the logs. do you > have networking setup at this point ? is it working as you'd expect ?Sorry, I bailed on the netinstall, went with a CDinstall. Thanks for the offer to help.