[Gllug] Upgrating RedHat Via HTTP

[Andy Young]

Thanks for that info. Xander.

It's seems to take ages to get the initial image, and the log page shows it is writing it to floppy (erroneously I think as there is no floppy activity).

However, once it starts pulling the RPMs over the HTTP link, it flies along nicely and more importantly doesn't need me to standing in the server room freezing to death changing discs!! ;)

Regards,

Andy.

Andy Young
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Xander D Harkness [SMTP:xander at harkness.co.uk]
> Sent:	Friday, December 06, 2002 2:28 PM
> To:	gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject:	Re: [Gllug] Upgrating RedHat Via HTTP
> 
> Andy Young wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I am trying to upgrade a number of machines to Redhat 7.2 (I know it's old but the software I need to run requires it!)
> > To save a load of CD swaps I thought I'd use the HTTP installation, as I have a web server on the same switch.
> > 
> > I have created the network boot disk, and have set up the networking part correctly, I am sure.
> > The problem is it hangs when trying to source the initial file.
> > The webserver logs show it is connecting ... with the following line in the web log:
> > 
> > 2002-12-06 12:43:35 10.183.24.59 - 10.183.24.50 80 GET /redhat72/RedHat/base/netstg1.img - 200 -
> > 
> > For comparison purposes, I CAN connect to the same file and download via a normal web browser, and get the following line in the web log:
> > 
> > 2002-12-06 12:43:13 10.183.24.50 - 10.183.24.50 80 GET /redhat72/RedHat/base/netstg1.img - 200 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.0)
> > 
> > The server is a W2K server running IIS by the way if that's relevant.
> > Am I missing out on something here, as I cannot see for the life of me what I can be doing wrong?
> > 
> > Thanks for any advice!
> If you look at the other virtual consoles during the install, (CTRL + 
> ALT + F1-4) they also provide more information.
> 
> Are there any errors logged by the server?
> 
> You may find that it has received the file and errors after that, which > may be shown on the local consoles.
> 
> Kind regards
> Xander
> > 
> > Andy.
> > 
> > Andy Young
> > Design Systems Administrator
> 
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