[CentOS] Install challenges

Tue Jan 3 16:35:16 UTC 2006
Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>

On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 11:16 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> As mentioned in my previous post I just completed a rebuild on my new 
> dns/mail server.  And it was almost a disaster.
> 
> When loading from CDs I would get a dialog that an rpm could not be 
> found, perhaps bad media.  I would pop out the CD, click OK and 
> things continued.  Until finally it would not.  I had two copies of 
> the CDs and neither worked!
> 
> So I happened to have the CDs on my web server (NT running Apache 
> 2.something old) and since these systems were on the same subnet I 
> opted for an HTTP install.
> 
> Got that going and about 25% in, it hung.  And no way to tell it, 
> please try the server again.  (other systems could access the server 
> and see the files in question).
> 
> I tried to get apache running on another Linux system I am building 
> but took a wrong turn there so I desperation I tried the CD 
> install.  Everything was working this time until disk 3 about the 
> last rpm.  ARGH!  So I took the CD out and cleaned it really well, 
> and it found the rpm ni question.
> 
> Oh what a weekend.
> 
> I have GOT to get a good way to do an install......
> 
> 
I've done more than 500 http installs and 150 CD/DVD installs with only
2 problems (both were scratched media).
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