Re: Kickstart install looks broken

[John <spam debian merseine nu>]

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 21:33, John wrote:
> I have this in my kickstart file:
> url --url http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/taroon/en/as/i386/
>
> Anaconda fetches product.img (so it can't be too bad) and stage2.image
> correctly. Following that, it triest to fetch files from host 'pub'"
>
> I use transparent proxy. Here's some formatted info from my Squid access
> log:
>
> 1059742519.567 112586 Dunnart.demo.room TCP_MISS/200 1475036 GET
> http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/l
> inux/beta/taroon/en/as/i386//RedHat/base/product.img -
> DIRECT/ftp.redhat.com application/octet-stre
> am
> Host: ftp.redhat.com

I'm a little surprised this hasn't bitten anyone else. I've finally managed to 
get it installed without downloading the isos by writing a firewall rule to 
redirect traffic from Mut (Machine Under Test) to go to my local Apache, and 
configured it to proxypass everything (with correct headers) to 
ftp.redhat.com.

I think this bites only if you're using transparent proxy. Even if I didn't my 
ISP does so turning it off here wouldn't help.

Also, you won't notice unless you inspect the actual traffic on your network: 
Anaconda correctly reports what it is supposed to be downloading.


I have recorded this problem in Bugzilla, and I still detest Bugzilla as much 
as I ever did.




-- 
Ta