[CentOS] Create Virtual Machine via HTTP or FTP

Thu Feb 9 03:52:27 UTC 2012
cbulist at gmail.com <cbulist at gmail.com>


On 02/08/2012 06:42 PM, lists-centos wrote:
>
> ------------ Original Message ------------
>> Date: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 06:21:17 PM -0600
>> From: cbulist at gmail.com
>> To: centos at centos.org
>> Cc: 
>> Subject: [CentOS] Create Virtual Machine via HTTP or FTP
>>
>>  Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to create a Virtual Machine using Network Install mode
>> (I tried HTTP and FTP).
>> The HTTP/FTP server where the installation files are located is
>> the Host Machine.
>> The URL that I'm using is: http://192.168.1.104/inst and the
>> Automatic detect option detects the OS without problem.
>> When the installation starts I got an error:
>>         Unable to retrieve
>> http://192.168.1.104/inst/images/install.img
>>
>> I tried different path but I always get the same error.
>>
>> The host machine is a Centos 6.2 (2.6.32.-220.el6.x86_64)
>>
>> I really appreciate any help with this problem.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>>
> Having just done an http-based net-install the other day and having
> had to fix up where some files/directories were ...
>
> Look at the error log on the httpd server (in conjunction of your
> document root, etc.). That generally makes things clear. I.e., it's
> likely looking for that directory/file at a different level from
> where you actually have it.
>
>
>     - Richard
>
>