I was wondering why CentOS 5 can't use network installation via proxy. I've just made a patch. Not compiled/tested yet. Does somebody want to try? -------------------- [Request for testers] PATCH: Network installation via proxy.

/sbin/loader included in the installation media's isolinux/initrd.img provides support for network installation via proxy. However, due to a bug in mountUrlImage() in loader2/urlinstall.c , users cannot use proxy. Fix this bug by forcibly calling screen for configuring proxy if the kernel command line contains the string "useproxy".

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp --- loader2/urls.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

--- anaconda-11.1.2.242.orig/loader2/urls.c +++ anaconda-11.1.2.242/loader2/urls.c @@ -279,6 +279,25 @@ int urlMainSetupPanel(struct iurlinfo * else *doSecondarySetup = ' ';

+ /* + * Since mountUrlImage() in loader2/urlinstall.c calls this function with + * memset(&ui, 0, sizeof(ui)); called, *doSecondarySetup is always ' '. + * As a result, users can't use network installation via proxy. + * Fix it by forcibly changing *doSecondarySetup to '*' if /proc/cmdline + * contains the string "useproxy". + */ + { + const int fd = open("/proc/cmdline", O_RDONLY); + if (fd != EOF) { + char buffer[1024]; + memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer)); + read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1); + close(fd); + if (strstr(buffer, "useproxy")) + *doSecondarySetup = '*'; + } + } + buttons = newtButtonBar(_("OK"), &okay, _("Back"), &cancel, NULL);

switch (protocol) {