[TriLUG] RH 9 network install problems

[Jon Carnes]

Try using the server at ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu
Also, you might try using an HTTP install

Here is what I think is happening... The FTP servers that you are using
are fairly busy and have a limited number of anonymous users that can
attach.  
 - The RH9 ftp install logs and in down loads one file, 
 - drops the connection, 
 - acts on the downloaded file, sees it needs another file, 
 - opens up an ftp connection to the server you specified, 
 - downloads the new file, 
 - drops the connection
 - on and on and on, file by file...

On a busy server, it eventually reaches a time when the server is maxed
out and you cannot re-login, and there is NO RECOVERY!  At that point
you are simply hosed. :-(

I once worked all night playing with this on a RH9 install.  Finally, I
just downloaded the ISO's and mounted them locally on another machine
and then did an NFS install.  Now that worked like a charm and was mucho
fast!

Good Luck - Jon Carnes

On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 09:59, Douglas Kojetin wrote:
> hi all-
> 
> i am attempting to do a network install (ftp) of RH 9. when the install 
> gets to the 'reading packing information' screen ... i eventually get 
> the prompt 'unable to read header list. this may be due to a massing 
> file or bad media. press (return) to try again'.
> 
> i've tried using DUKE (redhat.dulug...) and NCSU (kickstart.linux..) 
> ftp servers to no avail ... any suggestions?
> 
> thanks,
> doug