similar to: Weird netinstall issue

Hi. I have a CentOS server (a Dell 860) with two drives in it. One is running CentOS 6.4 which I want to keep & the bigger 400GB drive has Debian 7 on it which I want to erase & use for backups. Which is the best way to go about achieving my intended goal? The Debian drive is not mounted when Centos is booted. Any help appreciated. Cheers, Phil... -- currently (ab)using Arch

Hi, all. I'm trying to install the EPEL repo on a fully up to date CentOS 6.4. I'm using wget to download from my usual source but after I install it via `sudo rpm -ivh epel-xxxxx` it's not actually there in `/etc/yum.repos.d`. Trying to install it again, Yum just tells me it's already installed. I've no idea where it is installed if it is (which I don't think it is)

Hi, all. I was getting: `http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/epel/6/x86_64/repodata/c60f7c3ee6f9a4902d5ce9dd181a84ca684bba1a1df1c612702c7c6760a04645-filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 6 - "Couldn't resolve host 'mirror01.th.ifl.net'" Trying other mirror.

system: hp compact dc7800 dual 64 bit cd/dvd: oem sata -- recognized as atapi dvd c dh48c2s sata5 cd/dvd: lg gp60ns50 usb dvd -- recognized as hl-dt-st dvdram gp60ns50 attempting install using centos 6.7 x86_64 netinstall. after 'installation method' with 'local cd/dvd' selected, famous 'disc not

Hi, all. I'm attempting to install CentOS 5 via netinstall from <mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386> & it gets as far as formatting the disk but when it gets to: 'Starting install process. This may take take several minutes...' it hangs forever (well, a couple of hours). Dropping down in a console I see it's telling me: 'Preparing to install' then nothing.

Hi, all. I'm new to rsync so please bear with me... I'm trying to back-up to a remote host (rsync locally works fine) & keep getting the below error messages. If I mount the remote host on my OS X box (I'm attempting to back-up my Debian boxes) the operation flows smoothly. I've upgraded my rsync version to the same as the remote host, chmod'd the permissions on the

Hi, all. I was getting: `http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/epel/6/x86_64/repodata/c60f7c3ee6f9a4902d5ce9dd181a84ca684bba1a1df1c612702c7c6760a04645-filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 6 - "Couldn't resolve host 'mirror01.th.ifl.net'" Trying other mirror.

On 03/06/16 14:48, Richard wrote: <<>> > You may want to look at the yum "shell" option (man yum-shell). > -- interesting. would you presume that something like this might run? yum-shell install < pkg-list.file > The dvd iso and netinstall approaches are very different. The dvd has > everything while netinstall assumes you pull the packages from >

Hi, Folks -- I'm setting up an Acer Aspire 5250 as a Christmas gift, CentOS 6 netinstall insists on trying to configure wlan0 but I'm using a wired DSL connection, consequently netinstall fails and only offers the option to Retry. How can I get it to bypass the wlan0 idea and go straight to eth0...? Thanks, -- -- Jeff -- <http://www.wellnow.com> "There's nothing

On 03/05/16 09:04, Chris Murphy wrote: > You don't say how you created the media. > -- true, i did not say how i created cd's. i used k3b as it is easier, less to remember, than using command line. usb's sticks were created using unetbootin and fedora-liveusb-creator. yes, i did not mention that i tried with 2 usb sticks. failure was same, did not feel it mattered. failure is

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/

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

On 03/05/16 20:22, Fred Smith wrote: > On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 12:48:17PM -0600, g wrote: >> >> >> On 03/05/16 09:04, Chris Murphy wrote: >>> You don't say how you created the media. >>> >> -- >> >> true, i did not say how i created cd's. > <snip> >> so you are saying that netinstall is incorrectly written because it

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. Thanks.

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

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 >>

Hello. I try to install from the netinstall iso file. Everything works as I expect up to the screen where I have to choose between "Desktop", "Minimal Desktop", "Minimal", etc. If I choose either "Desktop" or "Minimal Desktop", I have a pop up saying "Installation Starting" with "Starting installation process", and, about a

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

Hi, I'm probably doing something wrong or misunderstanding how this is supposed to work. I have written this ".iso" image to a DVD and booted from it. I then selected the first install option from the menu. I get some prompts and then I'm asked to specify where the media is. I assumed (there's that word) that I should just hit enter, thereby selecting the "from

Hi list, I downloaded the netinstall iso, burned it to disk, and tried to install on my old Dell PowerEdge 2900 (Intel Xeon / 8Gb ram). Machine is connected to a KVM. The Centos 6 netinstall iso worked flawlessly on this exact configuration two days ago. The first thing anaconda does after verifying the media is complain that "pane is dead" in the lower left corner. At this point,