[CentOS] xen guest system - install source - NOT

Thu Oct 8 16:04:06 UTC 2009
Mathew S. McCarrell <mccarrms at gmail.com>

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Marcelo M. Garcia <
marcelo.maia.garcia at googlemail.com> wrote:

> >
> > Hm, not so simple. Now I got the installation (with program
> > virt-install) to begin, but then I would see a dialog screen asking for
> > ftp server, and path containing OS for my architecture. I gave for
> > example the following two values:
> >       ftp.funet.fi
> >       pub/mirrors/centos.org/5.3/os/i386
> > (the latter with and without slashes at beginning and end),
> > but always I get the same dialog screen back after a couple of minutes
> > of blank screen. No error messages.
> >
> > So I am baffled again. Has someone been here before?
> >
> Hi
>
> I was trying to install using virt-manager whit FTP to point to the
> files (mounted with loop) in the field "Install Media URL", but it was
> always failing with the message was not finding the installation files.
> For me works only if I extract the files from the iso image and access
> using NFS.
>
> The FTP works fine if I use inside the kickstart.
>
> Regards
>
> mg.
>
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It needs to look similar to the following.

              +-----------------+ HTTP Setup +------------------+
              |                                                 |
              | Please enter the following information:         |
              |                                                 |
              |     o the name or IP number of your Web server  |
              |     o the directory on that server containing   |
              |       CentOS for your architecture              |
              |                                                 |
              |   Web site name:    mirror.clarkson.edu_____    |
              |   CentOS directory: /centos/5/os/i386/______    |
              |                                                 |
              |         +----+                 +------+         |
              |         | OK |                 | Back |         |
              |         +----+                 +------+         |
              |                                                 |
              |                                                 |
              +-------------------------------------------------+


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Mathew S. McCarrell
Clarkson University '10

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