[CentOS] "installation source" specification for netinstall

ken
Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:43:30 -0000

On 12/15/2015 07:44 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 12/15/2015 06:21 PM, ken wrote:
>> On 12/15/2015 06:57 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
>>> On 12/15/2015 3:55 PM, ken wrote:
>>>> On 12/15/2015 04:24 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
>>>>> On 12/15/2015 12:29 PM, ken wrote:
>>>>>> centos 7 (7.1). Three places on the web said
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> oh, the /7/ directory is now 7.2, so you likely should be
using the 7.2
>>>>> netinstall.
>>>>>
>>>>> if you really want 7.1, try...
>>>>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/7.1.1503/os/x86_64/
>>>>
>>>> I tried all  of those things, all kinds of combinations...
>>>>
>>>> mirrors.kernel.org, mirror.rit.edu, other things
>>>>
>>>> with .../centos/N/os/x86_64/  where N= 7, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
>>>>
>>>> also trying prepending http:// and https://
>>>
>>> if your netinstall disk is 7.1, N should be 7.1.1503
>>
>> 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.
>
> /7/ right now == /7.2.1511/

Also doesn't work.


>
> If you want to install 7.1.1503, which is now outdated and contains
> security issues, so you likely do NOT want to do it .. BUT .. if you do
> then the path is:
>
> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7.1.1503/os/x86_64/

Also doesn't work.


>
> But, that is only going to work for a couple more days.  CentOS does not
> support old versions, and that tree will be moved to the vault.
>
> Why do you want to do a net install.  Download the DVD (ie:
> CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1511.iso ) and install from that.  The install will
> be much faster than off site net install and you don't need a network
> connection to do the install.

As explained at the top of the other thread, for some reason my three
flashdrives didn't work, or else the downloads worked.  I don't have any
DVDs at the moment.  But going out for shopping for some might be the
solution.