Topic: SME7.0Pre2 ISO problems.

[tandum]

I'm having trouble getting a bootable cd from the pre2 image. I've downloaded it 4 times from 2 mirrors and used up all my blanks trying, yet none were recognised as bootable on my test box. My Pre1 disk boots the box just fine. I see the boot sectors looking at the images with isobuster. Is there a problem with the mirrors?

If pre3 is just around the corner, I'll wait.

[CharlieBrady]

I'm having trouble getting a bootable cd from the pre2 image. I've downloaded it 4 times from 2 mirrors and used up all my blanks trying, yet none were recognised as bootable on my test box.

Check the Bug Tracker.

If pre3 is just around the corner, I'll wait.

It's already been announced.

[Reinhold]

Try this:
http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/SME%20Server%20Rsync
ibiblio is always giving me trouble from eu
and  syncing 40MB is better than downloading 400MB

Regards
Reinhold

P.S.: I did manage to get a correct & booting 7pre2

[gizzmo2k1]

The booting problem for the iso's seem to be related to VIA chipsets.  I used the workaround that was listed in the bugtracker here (http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733) and successfully upgraded to pre2.

[CharlieBrady]

The booting problem for the iso's seem to be related to VIA chipsets.

Please read the full thread - that was an early guess, which turned out to be wrong.

[psoren]

Try this:
http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/SME%20Server%20Rsync
ibiblio is always giving me trouble from eu
and  syncing 40MB is better than downloading 400MB

Hi,
I would love to do rsync, but i never managed to start the download. I must be missing something very basic, sorry.......
Can you tell exactly your commandline to do this please?

Per

[Reinhold]

Psoren,

Procedure is simply:
- take the old iso as seeding file (copy and rename the seed to smeserver.iso (cp))
- give the rsync command

So here we go (again):
(This is assuming your seeding.iso is a 7pre2)
- ssh into your SME-server
- cd "one of your i-bays"
- cut/paste code below onto the cmdline (seed iso is in that i-bay)

for far east, au:

Code: [Select]

cp smeserver-7.0pre2.iso smeserver.iso
rsync --stats --partial --progress rsync://rsync.planetmirror.com/smeserver/releases/7/iso/smeserver.iso .

for the us:

Code: [Select]

cp smeserver-7.0pre2.iso smeserver.iso
rsync -avv --stats --partial --progress rsync://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7/iso/smeserver.iso .


What you can expect (from my rsync of today, less than usual):
pre2 to pre3
sent 148485 bytes  received 114761432 bytes  34204.47 bytes/sec
total size is 449304576  speedup is 3.91

Regards
Reinhold

P.S.: Note that the rsync command here:
- is on a single line (broken by the forum software but intact if copied)
- does include stats
- will generate partials (in case ibiblio gets offline - again )

[psoren]

Psoren,

Procedure is simply:
- take the old iso as seeding file (copy and rename the seed to smeserver.iso (cp))
- give the rsync command

So here we go (again):
(This is assuming your seeding.iso is a 7pre2)
- ssh into your SME-server
- cd "one of your i-bays"
- cut/paste code below onto the cmdline (seed iso is in that i-bay)

for far east, au:

Code: [Select]

cp smeserver-7.0pre2.iso smeserver.iso
rsync --stats --partial --progress rsync://rsync.planetmirror.com/smeserver/releases/7/iso/smeserver.iso .

for the us:

Code: [Select]

cp smeserver-7.0pre2.iso smeserver.iso
rsync -avv --stats --partial --progress rsync://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7/iso/smeserver.iso .


What you can expect (from my rsync of today, less than usual):
pre2 to pre3
sent 148485 bytes  received 114761432 bytes  34204.47 bytes/sec
total size is 449304576  speedup is 3.91

Regards
Reinhold

P.S.: Note that the rsync command here:
- is on a single line (broken by the forum software but intact if copied)
- does include stats
- will generate partials (in case ibiblio gets offline - again )

Vielen Dank!! (I guess you are german from your name..)

That worked, i used ibiblio and surfnet before, but couldn't get it to work...
I must have done something stupid.

Even simple thing can sometimes be hard.

Thanks

Per