[uml-devel] Possible to run RH Install?

["Russ Lewis" <spamhole-gnu@deming-os.org>]

Summary:
I played around with trying to run RedHat's net install process under
uml.  I get a little way into the initial download and then it fails,
but I can't figure out why.  I'm looking to see if anybody else has done
this and might know what I'm up against.

Machine:
Uml: 2.4.19-5um
Host: RedHat 8.0, kernel 2.4.18-14
Install attempt: RedHat 9 FTP install

What I did:
* Downloaded bootdisk.img
* mount -o loop -o ro bootdisk.img bootdisk/
* Created rh_install backing file, 1GB (sparse file)
* I set up masquerading rules for the UML device's IP address (192.168.0.1)
* linux con=xterm eth0=tuntap,,,192.168.0.254 initrd=bootdisk/initrd.img 
ubd0=rh_install

I get all the way through the part where you specify the FTP site to
download from.  It downloads RedHat/base/updates.img; this appears to be
successful and only take a few seconds.  Then it tries to download
RedHat/base/netstg2.img, works for a few minutes (ifconfig shows that I
have network traffic on the interface, and my DSL modem shows steady
activity), and then finally fails with the message:
	Unable to retrieve the install image.

I have done some tests, and it appears that when there is some sort of 
FTP failure, it gives a different error message.  So I believe that the 
FTP transfer is completing successfully, but something immediately after 
that is breaking.

Question:
Has anybody ever attempted this with any success?  Is there something 
fundamentally broken about what I'm attempting, or how I am attempting it?

I also tried this with the 8.0 FTP install process, with the same results.

Russ Lewis
Tucson, Arizona



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