Why does a kickstart installation of RHEL6 via NFS, errors out with "That directory could not be mounted from the server" ?

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Issue

  • When kickstarting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via NFS, the installation errors out with the message :

    That directory conuld not be mounted from the server.
    
  • The NFS server is used to share the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installation DVD. After the installation starts, anaconda will pause during installation asking for path to NFS repository and prints the error message.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

  • Anaconda installation pointing at an NFS share or hard drive partition containing a DVD iso image.

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