[rhelv6-beta-list] network errors during kickstart

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Kurt Keller <kkathag at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since beta 2 we encounter one error on every kickstart install. This
> prevents us from performing the fully automated installs we require, as
> somebody has to manually select 'retry'.
> Has anybody else these errors?
> Is there any switch which could be used to automatically retry instead of
> waiting for an admin to select 'retry'?
>
> What happens is:
> - we PXE boot
> - kickstart and channels are accessed via http
> - while in the stage "Starting installation process", there will always be
> exactly one rpm package (not always the same) with the following error: "The
> file xxxx.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a corrupt
> package or corrupt media..."
> - selecting retry works fine and the installation continues
> - 30 seconds before this error occurs, we see in the webserver logs, that
> last request for partial of this file (status code 206)
> - at the time this occurrs we see syslog messages from the machine being
> installed saying it timed out on the file
>
> We don't think this is a problem with the webserver, network or the like, as
> it happens always with RHEL6b2 and never with RHEL4/5 F13, using the same
> installation infrastructure and even running at the same time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kurt

Interesting. Is your webserver funky in some way? Overwhelmed, for
example? Or having difficulties with a shared filesystem that is
storing the repository?