Re: [SLE] switch installation media from CD to FTP
Hi boys, I confirm again that after dowloading the whole of 6.5G SUSE7.3 setup gives me the following error when about to select packages: ERROR: Unkown Error!, Detail:0 FILE PkgRetriever.cc LINE:622 I am trying to re-get the relevant packages (YAST, and inst-sys), as well as the bootdisks from the net This machine used to run 7.2 before, and the hardware is okay. Cheers, James & Martijn - MALTA
From: "Karol Pietrzak"
Reply-To: noodlez84@earthlink.net To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] switch installation media from CD to FTP Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 05:30:26 -0500 On 20 Nov 2001, Julo wrote:
Looks like 7.3 has some problems, I couldn't install form ftp or hd. All attempt failed.
Are you sure?? I'm sorta in the process of downloading SuSE 7.3 over a 56K modem, and I don't want it to be in vain. Is there some way to install it on from the hard drive? Has anyone done so?
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Yeeap ! Weel it is sad, I've been working with SuSE since 5.0. Next week I have presentation of Linux stuff and I can't use SuSE. Instalation errors: from ftp missing adsl and no invoking dhcp, from hd: erros: laike yours: "Err " unknow Erro! DETAL: File PckRetriver.cc LINE 619" or inst_execute_yast: 921 command_ti="/inst_ing/sbin/inst_setup/yast1 yast1 returns code is 256 ( errono=2) So now I'm playing with RH and Mandrake ( do not like but instalation it's working just fine - bootdisk Mandrake even support adls ) Sad story, isn't it ? Julo ----------------------------- On Wed 21 Nov 01 06:23, you wrote: Hi boys,
I confirm again that after dowloading the whole of 6.5G SUSE7.3 setup gives me the following error when about to select packages:
ERROR: Unkown Error!, Detail:0 FILE PkgRetriever.cc LINE:622
I am trying to re-get the relevant packages (YAST, and inst-sys), as well as the bootdisks from the net
This machine used to run 7.2 before, and the hardware is okay.
Cheers,
From: "Karol Pietrzak"
Hi, I have the same problem. I have download Suse 7.3 from the ftp without the zq1 packages, copy it to a HD 4,3GB, made the bootdisk/modules/modules2, try to install it and the same message appears. I hope the problem solved quickly because i have format my HD and now waiting!! On Wednesday 21 November 2001 13:23, James Martin wrote:
Hi boys,
I confirm again that after dowloading the whole of 6.5G SUSE7.3 setup gives me the following error when about to select packages:
ERROR: Unkown Error!, Detail:0 FILE PkgRetriever.cc LINE:622
I am trying to re-get the relevant packages (YAST, and inst-sys), as well as the bootdisks from the net
This machine used to run 7.2 before, and the hardware is okay.
Cheers,
James & Martijn - MALTA
From: "Karol Pietrzak"
Reply-To: noodlez84@earthlink.net To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] switch installation media from CD to FTP Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 05:30:26 -0500
On 20 Nov 2001, Julo wrote:
Looks like 7.3 has some problems, I couldn't install form ftp or hd. All attempt failed.
Are you sure?? I'm sorta in the process of downloading SuSE 7.3 over a 56K modem, and I don't want it to be in vain. Is there some way to install it on from the hard drive? Has anyone done so?
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-- Best regards ******************************** Nick Katsamas Systems Administration Athens NOC - FORTHnet S.A. e-Mail: nkat@forthnet.gr ********************************
Hi again.
I'll send to this list a post. That SOLVES the problem:
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Hi guys,
It took a while but I solved the problem, and now writing you this from a
fresh installed box.
In short: download the following directories again (ore at least the files
you need)
/pub/suse/i386/7.3/suse/setup (especially the descr dir !)
/pub/suse/i386/7.3/suse/images (at least the .inf files )
The long story:
The problem has something to do with the ftp-download we did.
I'm not 100% what went wrong because I tried and changed so many things..
Here goes..
Monday morning I wake up, late for work, have to hurry like hell, then
suddenly it hits me. I don't know if that ever happens to you, it's kinda
funny, I should be worrying about not getting even more late at work than I
already am, meanwhile all this stuff goes round in my head, stuff that
shouldn't be as important as it sometimes seems to be to me. NEED TO GET
THAT SUSE-INSTALL TO WORK ! D@MN$D !! Resistance is futile....
anyway...
You probably are aware of the two ways you can download from ftp, ascii and
binary, if not, you are now. Check your client, it'll have a feature to
switch. That's what I thought was causing the trouble.
The funny thing is, I never changed anything in my client. I'm mostly using
gftp and it's set auto, which means it checks for itself whether it should
use asccii or binary mode.
I compared the description files to the ones still on the server and there
were indeed some minor differences in file sizes.
I re-downloaded them (still in auto mode!) and for some bizarre reason they
now transferred in the right size. Done.
Or so I thought.
Yast. Install packages. Bang. Crash.
More work to do. So some relatives decided to visit me.
They always do. Don't get me wrong, I'm very fond of them. But they always
show up at the wrong time at my place.
Next day...(Today)
I started an installation directly from suse's ftp and since it's so busy
these days :-) it gave me a chance to see exactly what files it was getting
at the moment it all went wrong.
I had already figured out that the package descriptions are in the
/setup/descr dir (see above) along with some pre-configured selections.
First the package descriptions (in the chosen language .ser and .pkd
files), then the preconf selections (.sel files). Another file from that
same directory called info. I had already downloaded them again. They were
good.
Then some other files from the directory images were transferred, .inf
files, probably important for the kernel images.
Same procedure. Yast. Install packages and....
!!! VICTORY !!!
Now, I know where it went wrong, but I'm still not sure what went wrong and
why.
I did use another ftp-client (IglooFTP), just to make sure.
Another thing I changed was the ftp-server itself. First several hundred
packages I got from ftp2.suse.com, then I switched to ftp.gwdg.de which is
much, much faster (tip of the day).
Still I wouldn't dare to say it was either Suse's fault nor Gftp's.
Hope it'll help you any further, let me know if it does.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Jos van Kessel.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
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This is e post from a Jos van Kessel
* Nick Katsamas (nkat@forthnet.gr) [011122 00:01]:
Still I wouldn't dare to say it was either Suse's fault nor Gftp's. Hope it'll help you any further, let me know if it does.
Never, ever, transfer files in ascii mode, even when you know that they are ascii. In fact, we're testing a new ftpd that doesn't even have ascii mode. -- -ckm
Hello list, Is there any patch to the crapy bug of installation media switch problem? Seems suse does not have as good ftp version support as before. What can I do except waiting?
* Nick Katsamas (nkat@forthnet.gr) [011122 00:01]:
Still I wouldn't dare to say it was either Suse's fault nor Gftp's. Hope it'll help you any further, let me know if it does.
Never, ever, transfer files in ascii mode, even when you know that they are ascii. In fact, we're testing a new ftpd that doesn't even have ascii mode.
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-ckm
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On Thu 22 Nov 01 03:01, Nick Katsamas wrote:
Hi again.
I did use another ftp-client (IglooFTP), just to make sure. Another thing I changed was the ftp-server itself. First several hundred packages I got from ftp2.suse.com, then I switched to ftp.gwdg.de which is much, much faster (tip of the day).
Well, ftp2.suse.com -> ip is: 202.58.118.12 ftp.suse.com -> ip is: 202.58.118.12 could be ftp2 faster ? Julo
On Thursday 22 November 2001 18:28, Julo wrote:
On Thu 22 Nov 01 03:01, Nick Katsamas wrote:
Hi again.
I did use another ftp-client (IglooFTP), just to make sure. Another thing I changed was the ftp-server itself. First several hundred packages I got from ftp2.suse.com, then I switched to ftp.gwdg.de which is much, much faster (tip of the day).
Well, ftp2.suse.com -> ip is: 202.58.118.12 ftp.suse.com -> ip is: 202.58.118.12
could be ftp2 faster ? Well I don't know,
but YES!! i have installed SuSE 7.3.
Now i know what was the problem. I had download the suse/setup with wget and
it was downloaded ASCII not BINARY. I re-download with IglooFTP this folder
and the sub folders and just for the case i download the suse/setup and
suse/images as a tar file from ftp.gwdg.de. I check them with md5sum with the
command :
md5sum -c MD5SUM
and all the files was ok. NOTE that the first check (wget download) failed
for some files.
I didn't untar the inst-img.tar.gz, made the 3 disks and that's it everything
went ok.
So i take my lesson. NEVER download any files in ASCII mode..!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Christopher Mahmood
Julo
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On Fri 23 Nov 01 02:25, Nick Katsamas wrote:
Now i know what was the problem. I had download the suse/setup with wget and it was downloaded ASCII not BINARY. I re-download with IglooFTP this folder and the sub folders and just for the case i download the suse/setup and suse/images as a tar file from ftp.gwdg.de. I check them with md5sum with the command :
md5sum -c MD5SUM
Well, i've been using ncftp with binary setup for the loooooong time. never ever had a problem acii bin. Always is a bin. I just redownloaded files for ftp/hd installation and no effect so far. Now i do not have time to play with this. I try to be more familiar with RH for next week presentation ( last time i touch RH was 5.1 ). I get back to this SuSE from hd problem later. Cheers Julo.
Well, this seemed to have solved it for us - we used
lftp to mirror the ftp.gwdg.de site, and all went
well!
Martijn
--- Julo
Hi again.
I did use another ftp-client (IglooFTP), just to make sure. Another thing I changed was the ftp-server itself. First several hundred packages I got from ftp2.suse.com, then I switched to ftp.gwdg.de which is much, much faster (tip of the day).
Well, ftp2.suse.com -> ip is: 202.58.118.12 ftp.suse.com -> ip is: 202.58.118.12
could be ftp2 faster ?
Julo
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participants (6)
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Christopher Mahmood
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James Martin
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Julo
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Martijn Dekkers
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Nick Katsamas
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Patrick Hsieh