[rhelv6-beta-list] network errors during kickstart

[Simon Matter]

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> On 07/07/2010 03:10 AM, Kurt Keller 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.
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> Is it this?
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> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525071

We get "Access denied" on this one...