RHEL6.3 zLinux Installation Error

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I’m am attempting to install RHEL6.3 z/Linux from a guest under z/VM 5.4 using FTP the distribution option.

My FTP Server is on z/OS and I FTPed the contents of the install DVD to a z/OS HFS dataset.

The installation starts, I log into “install” using ssh from my Windows laptop and I switch over to VNC.

I do all of the initial setup and the installation starts talking to the FTP server on my z/OS system.

 

I then get the following error.

 

 

"The file crontabs-1.10-33.el6.noarch.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a corupt package or corupt media. Please verify your installation source. If you exit, your system will be left in an inconsistent state that will lekely require reinstallation".

 

  

As I look on the actual DVD and my z/OS HFS dataset containing the ftp of the DVD files (all were FTPed as binary), the file does exist.

I also got a similar error using ssh on the file name “iputils-20071127-16.e16.s390x.rpm”.

As with the file shown above, it does exist on the DVD and my z/OS HFS dataset.

 

It does not appear that Redhat has an install option using SMB, so I can’t talk directly to the DVD drive on my laptop.

I’m not sure where to go from here.

Any suggestions will help.

 

Thanks,

 

S. Veryl Ellis

SunGard Availability Services

veryl.ellis@sungard.com

 

 

SA
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David Powles's picture Red Hat 25369 points
20 September 2012 1:06 AM

It looks like you've already opened a support case for this one, Veryl. That's probably the best option for getting this issue resolved quickly.

Fabio Da Cunha's picture Red Hat Pro 652 points
20 September 2012 2:03 AM

Hello,

 

Which steps did you take to copy the content from the ISO to your ftp server?  Follow bellow the basic steps to create a repository:

 

    mkdir -p /var/path/to/ftp/
    mount -o loop /RHELX-XXXX.iso /media
    cp -fr /media/* /var/path/to/ftp/
    cd /var/path/to/ftp/
    createrepo .
    yum clean all

Please, let me know if it helps. I'll browse for your case number to provide you within more details.

 

Regards

Fábio

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