I have a Rocky 8.9 server set up as PXE Boot server. I can install centos 7 with it no problem. I cannot get it install rocky 8.9. It makes it to the Rocky 8 Installation menu and an error windows pops up: “An unknown error has occurred. The program has encountered an unknown error.” The only error in the anaconda.log is “TypeError: Release: Field ‘short’ has invalid type: <class ‘NoneType’>”. The installation files were downloaded directly from the rocky repo. I essentially followed the instructions at https://www.lisenet.com/2021/configure-pxe-boot-server-for-rocky-linux-8-kickstart-installation/, but using a local repo instead of a ks file. Below is the configuration setting within my pxe default menu:
LABEL Rocky 8 Manual
MENU LABEL Rocky 8
KERNEL images/rocky/8/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=images/rocky/8/initrd.img ip=dhcp inst.repo=http://pxe.server.net/install/rocky/8
Again, I am able to set up centos with it, but not rocky 8.9.
I am relatively new to rocky 8 but I set up the pxe server for centos 7 with no issues.
I appreciate any ideas you may have for resolving the problem.
I tried downloading the installation files again thinking it may be corrupt installation files. I also specified the inst.stage2 option in the pxe default configuration file:
LABEL Rocky 8 Manual
MENU LABEL Rocky 8
KERNEL images/rocky/8/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=images/rocky/8/initrd.img ip=dhcp inst.repo=http://pxe.server.net/install/rocky/8 inst.liveimg inst.text inst.loglevel=debug inst.debug inst.repolist=rocky inst.stage2=http://pxe.server.net/install/rocky/8
I have no issues installing it directly with the same iso that I used to set up the local repo. I am not sure what else to try.
The tutorial you linked is missing a step. Doing a cp * misses two key files that you need, .treeinfo and .discinfo. Without those, you’ll usually run into problems (such as the one you’re currently facing).
Rather than cp, you’re better off doing an rsync, which will catch everything.
rsync -vrlptDSH --delete /mnt/iso/ /var/ftp/pub/pxe/Rocky8
Check this for more details and examples.
Thanks, nazunalika! It worked. I would not have thought to utilize rsync instead of cp.