on 11/29/2007 8:54 AM Ray Van Dolson spake the following:

Hi all; ran this question by the anaconda list, and perhaps this is a CentOS specific issue. In any case, maybe someone here can clarify...

I notice if I boot CentOS 5 with the askmethod param and choose HTTP and point to my CentOS directory which is just a copy of all the files from the CD's, it errors out, and I am forced to revert to the CD method.

The error I see on the console and in my webserver logs indicate that anaconda is trying to look for the following files:

RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.UTF-8.html RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.UTF-8 RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.html RELEASE-NOTES-en_US

Where the only files on the CD's are RELEASE-NOTES-en.html and RELEASE-NOTES-en.

The anaconda folks seem to think that CentOS should be using the full en_US variant:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2007-November/msg00130.h...

I don't see a mantis bug on this issue -- has anyone else run into it? Am I just doing something dumb here?

Ray

I just did an HTTP install last week with CentOS 5 x86_64 from a loop-mounted dvd and it worked fine. Could your copying have changed something?

Ray Van Dolson wrote:

I notice if I boot CentOS 5 with the askmethod param and choose HTTP and point to my CentOS directory which is just a copy of all the files from the CD's, it errors out, and I am forced to revert to the CD method.

That is an issue with anaconda, if it finds local install media, it overrides the askmethod options and just goes ahead with local media, Try this - boot your machine with the local media and when you get to the point where it asks for language, ( first dialog ), just remove the local media, see if it works from remote http or not then.

The error I see on the console and in my webserver logs indicate that anaconda is trying to look for the following files:

RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.UTF-8.html RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.UTF-8 RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.html RELEASE-NOTES-en_US

Where the only files on the CD's are RELEASE-NOTES-en.html and RELEASE-NOTES-en.

The anaconda folks seem to think that CentOS should be using the full en_US variant:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2007-November/msg00130.h...

That is something worth remembering, so please go go ahead and open an issue for it on the bugs.centos.org site and assign it to me. I shall make sure its then looked at for 5.2 release. However, this is not an issue which will cause the installer to not use an install method.