On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 20:03 -0500, fred smith wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to install centos 5.1 as a http installation from a centos > mirror. > > i've done it before with Fedora, figured I could do it with Centos, too, > but every time I try it, it goes all the way thru Anaconda to the point > of entering the root password, then I get an error about not being > able to find the repodata. > > I note that the section in the "upstream" manuals about network installs > imply (without ever being extremely specific) that you would have your > own server with the files on it. Is this some limitation that prevents > us from using a centos mirror instead? > > Anyway, I've tried with two mirrors. when it asked me for the system > name and the path to the directory, I entered this (for one of the > tries): > > www.gtlib.gatech.edu > /pub/centos/5.1/os/i386 > > and for the other mirror > > mirror.rhsmith.umd.edu > /pub/centos/5.1/os/i386 > > in the two lines of the form. > > Is this right? (the manuals aren't really really terribly explicit). ---- I would expect it to work as you had it though... - I would use /pub/centos/5/os/i386 - I would use the same boot disc, i.e. http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/5/isos/i386/CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-1of6.iso to boot the computer but either way, it should have worked though I thought that the Georgia Tech web server was quite slow to respond...perhaps anaconda is just timing out. as with your path (5.1), the repodata directory is indeed there... http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/5/os/i386/repodata/ Craig