Fedora7 netinstall failure

[useResa]

In the thread Install Fedora without a CD the issue of not being able to do a Fedora7 netinstall came up (see for example my post).
Since I considered this a more appropriate location for this issue, I decided to post the issue here as well.

From various locations I have downloaded the Fedora7 boot.iso of May 27, 2007.
During the installation process I opt for an HTTP location for the rest of the files.
After this a website and directory is asked (see attachment). After answering this, the error occurs that the file stage2.img can not be retrieved.

Cause of the matter is that between the website and the directory 2 slashes are being placed. Resulting in the described error (see attachment).

Is there a way to circumvent this issue?
Help is being appreciated.

EDIT: The locations I have visited are
http://rosa.itc.virginia.edu/export/...Fedora/images/
http://ftp.ae.katowice.pl/fedora/7/i386/os/images/
http://ftp.tuniv.szczecin.pl/pub/lin...386/os/images/
http://ftp.fc.up.pt/Linux/fedora7/images/

[Seve]

Hello:
Not sure where you came up with that mirror ? The official mirror sites are located here : http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/7/
If you want to select HTTP then, for example using this site :http://www.nluug.nl/
then your
Web site name would be
ftp.nluug.nl
and the Fedora directory would be
pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/linux/releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/

The double slash is not an issue as here is the complete path for the above example.
http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/dis...edora/i386/os/

Seve

[useResa]

Hello:
Not sure where you came up with that mirror ? The official mirror sites are located here : http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/7/

If you want to select HTTP then, for example using this site :http://www.nluug.nl/
then your
Web site name would be
ftp.nluug.nl
and the Fedora directory would be
pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/linux/releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/

Sorry, I should have indicated that I went searching for alternatives after I had tried the address you indicated.
This location has the same issue (see attachments for the entered address and the result).
Also here the double slashes appear.

My assumption is that this is an issue in the May 27, 2007 boot.iso file, but I am not sure (I am no programmer).

For your information, I have also tried ftp using the following location:
ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...i386/os/images
This resulted in the same error (because of double slashes).

[Seve]

Hello:
Not sure what the issue is, maybe dns ?

Try substituting the http site
from
ftp.nluug.nl
to
192.87.102.36

The double slashes is not the issue, if it was you would not be able to open the site with your web browser ?

Seve

[John the train]

Seve,are we talking about the same set of double slashes? When I tried a net install using the University of Kent mirror i got the same result as useResa, although I'm not a programmer I'm wondering if the netinstall file is adding double slashes to the start of the directory line as well as to the site line - where they belong?

[useResa]

Try substituting the http site
from
ftp.nluug.nl
to
192.87.102.36

Using the IP-address resulted in retrieval of the file stage2.img (see attachment).
NOTE: It seems somewhat strange to me that this should be done.
It was surely NOT the case when I tried the Fedora6 netinstall.

The double slashes is not the issue, if it was you would not be able to open the site with your web browser ?

This I disagree on, when I open it in my web browser I do NOT use double slashes so I can open the directory. Therefore being able to open it in the web browser does not mean that the boot.iso is correct.

Seve,are we talking about the same set of double slashes? When I tried a net install using the University of Kent mirror i got the same result as useResa, although I'm not a programmer I'm wondering if the netinstall file is adding double slashes to the start of the directory line as well as to the site line - where they belong?

I agree with John here. For some reason it seems as indeed on two locations slashes are added, both to the beginning of the directory AND to the end of the address.
Resulting in two slashes.

IMHO there is an issue in the boot.iso when using site names.

@ John the train: Could you also try the IP address instead of the "regular" address. It seems to have done the trick for me. I keep you posted.

[Seve]

Hello John:
Not sure ?
I see what you are noting now
Doh ...... !
You are referring to the // after the ftp.nluug.nl ?
To test whether it matters or not [at least to my web browser]
I enter the full path to the correct directory, which brings me to the correct location and I edit the url and add an extra / and hit the go button, it makes not difference as it brings me to the same url location ?

Try and test it yourselves and see if you get the same behaviour ?
http://ftp.nluug.nl//pub/os/Linux/di...edora/i386/os/

Seve

[useResa]

Hello John:
You are referring to the // after the ftp.nluug.nl ?

Yes correct ... this is what I was referring to!

To test whether it matters or not [at least to my web browser]
I enter the full path to the correct directory, which brings me to the correct location and I edit the url and add an extra / and hit the go button, it makes not difference as it brings me to the same url location ?

Try and test it yourselves and see if you get the same behaviour ?
http://ftp.nluug.nl//pub/os/Linux/di...edora/i386/os/

You are right! Stupid of me NOT testing this! Sorry
Also in my web browser it opens normally.
Now I really am confused

When I did the Fedora6 netinstall (you can read about it here) I used the "regular" address

For my mirror site I had to enter:
http: ftp.nluug.nl
directory: pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/

This worked like a charm!!

Now I keep getting that the stage2.img can not be retrieved but it works when I use the IP address.

Thanks for your help Seve, I am currently installing Fedora7 in a VM on my laptop (see attachments). For me this thread can be marked as PARTIALLY RESOLVED.
NOTE 1: I have also reflected this in my first post of this thread
NOTE 2: I have also indicated that you have helped me out and the solution in my thread at Xmod-Free

Since I sure would like to know why I can not use the "regular" address

[Seve]

Hello:
Glad you got it sorted out


Seve

[useResa]

Hello:
Glad you got it sorted out
Seve

The install completed successfully (see attachment).
Now the next step is ... the outstanding updates

But that will have to wait until next time (too late now in the Netherlands).
Once again, thanks for the support provided.

[cwcoleman]

In the thread Install Fedora without a CD the issue of not being able to do a Fedora7 netinstall came up (see for example my post).
Since I considered this a more appropriate location for this issue, I decided to post the issue here as well.

From various locations I have downloaded the Fedora7 boot.iso of May 27, 2007.
During the installation process I opt for an HTTP location for the rest of the files.
After this a website and directory is asked (see attachment). After answering this, the error occurs that the file stage2.img can not be retrieved.

Cause of the matter is that between the website and the directory 2 slashes are being placed. Resulting in the described error (see attachment).

Is there a way to circumvent this issue?
Help is being appreciated.

EDIT: The locations I have visited are
http://rosa.itc.virginia.edu/export/...Fedora/images/
http://ftp.ae.katowice.pl/fedora/7/i386/os/images/
http://ftp.tuniv.szczecin.pl/pub/lin...386/os/images/
http://ftp.fc.up.pt/Linux/fedora7/images/

I'm having a similar problem.
Here's my post:
I'm trying to install fc7 on a local network not on the internet. It's in a High School.

I have an ftp and httpd server running that I want to pull fc7 off of. I set up the distro from the DVD I downloaded. I've tried both ftp and http
ftp = /var/ftp/pub/fc7/
http = /home/cwc/html/fc7/
I've changed permissions.

When I try to connect on the network I get an error that indicates THE IMAGE CAN'T BE FOUND.
The installation is looking for "minstg2.img"

Here's what's in the ../images/ direcrory.
../fc7/images/
boot.iso minstg2.img README TRANS.TBL
diskboot.img pxeboot stage2.img xen

Am I missing something? Do I need to do something to my server?

[brr872002]

No need to point /images Dir.
URL=http://ftp.ae.katowice.pl 192.xxx.xxx.xxx in your case
DIR=/fedora/7/i386/os /fc7

Just copy & paste entire contents of DVD in to /fc7