FC6 Network installation breaks at stage2.img

[Jeroen Lankheet]

> Ed Landaveri wrote:
>> Jeroen,
>> Try to check out what the installation log (CTRL+ALT+F3) says. I used
>> to have the same problem with an FTP installation on the same subnet.
>> It used to be I had to run iptables -F on my FTP server for the
>> duration of the install and also I have to check how the ports were
>> configured on my switch (Cisco 6500). Once I placed both to duplex
>> auto, speed auto, the problem dissapeared and the installation
>> continued normally.
>> I've never done an http install before but you have to analyze if
>> you're doing the installation on the same subnet or from a different
>> one. Also if your installation is being perfomed over differents
>> networks and theres a router in between, then probaby you might have
>> to check if there's any access list and how your switch ports are
>> configured. If your server/client are on the same subnet it could be
>> something like the problem I had. Also if they're on the same subnet,
>> I would try an FTP installation better is easier faster and lest prone
>> to time outs.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
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> Thanks for the tip.
> I'll go and check next monday, when I'm at the system's premises again.
> But the system to be installed is behind a firewall, no FTP, and only a
> HTTP proxy is available. I don't have access to the switches. And the
> only servers available are definitely on different subnets.
>
> Regards,
> Jeroen.
>
>

Ok, back in the ring. It seems that when installing a Xen virtual guest
OS, there is no Alt-F3, but only a serial console. This console does not
mention any strange error. But it does mention:

XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51712
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vkbd/0
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vfb/0
Freeing unused kernel memory: 180k freed
Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 356k

The network installer fails to ask for a http proxy, or does it use the
host machine's proxy config? But it did find the first state installer
files, so that error-path might be a dead end.

I still believe that this is a BUG...

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

By the way, the reason why I'm not using CDROM is that my CDROM won't read
the images during virtual machine installation.

Thanks for the help