[CentOS] CentOS 5.0 install fails every time.

Mon Apr 16 14:01:16 UTC 2007
Mike Putnam <mike at theputnams.net>

I used the 6 CD iso's, looped back, copied to a dir, exported the dir, then
burned a boot cd with the delivered diskboot.img

I was able to install the basic "Server" (NOT GUI) on 2 separate machines
over the network.  This is OT for the X issue, but speaks to the loopback/CD
isos.

Mike Putnam

On 4/16/07, Gabriel Gunderson <ggundy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/16/07, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote:
> > Gabriel Gunderson wrote:
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I've downloaded the latest CentOS 5.0 and the md5sums look good.  I
> > > loop-back mounted the ISOs and pulled all of the RPMs out into a
> > > single dir.  I have an existing PXE environment with several different
> > > distros to which I added 5.0.  RPMs are served from my HTTPS server.
> > > I used the isolinux.cfg that was provided and all *looks* good.
> > >
> >
> > firstly, the release notes mention you cant do this with the cd's
> > anymore - you need to use the DVD for that or directly use the isos
> > without loop mounting it back in.
> >
> > secondly, I dont think your error is related to the isos :) you have
> > something else that is broken, a kickstart perhaps ?
> >
> > I am quite sure the CD install works fine on most machines, its possible
> > there is something odd about your setup, but you didnt provide any
> > details as to how you checked the cd install.
>
> Hmmm, I thought I read the release notes - I guess not as well as I
> thought.
>
> As for the CDs, I'll have to check them again.
>
> Thanks for the feedback,
>
> Gabe
>
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