ClearFoundation

Hi, I have a Clarkconnect 4.3 Server as my gateway and I would like to use the ftp server on it to be able to install ClearOS 5.1 over the network. The Clarkconnect 4.3 already has PXE up and working and I can boot the ClearOS installer but I cannot figure out how to set up the filesystem on the ftp server. I have tried to copy the files from the ClearOS install cd to the /var/ftp/ folder on the Clarkconnect server and have enabled the ftp server. I also edited the proftpd.conf file to allow for anonymous logins.

Now when I boot a machine and tell it to install from FTP it prompts me for the hostname or ip address of the ftp server and I give it my ip address of the server.
When I press OK the same window pops back up asking for my ftp server address.

So I press Alt+F3 and look at the debug output.



I have tried logging in to FTP from another machine anonymously and I can retrieve the mentioned file fine so I dont believe the ftp server is misconfigured

Any tips on configuring the ftp server for a network install?
Thanks

OK I used tcpdump and discovered that the installer is not using anonymous login for ftp. It tries to login with the username "enterprise-51" and the password "clearos". So after creating that user and assigning that password the install proceeds as expected. I did not find this information easily so I hope this helps others.

Thank you for posting this

Worked very well.



Christer

Worked well for me.
With 5.2 use enterprise-52 as the username, and clearos for the password.

Thanks for the help folks!

Chris

ok that helped but i still have an issue



now is it a permisions issue





these perms are from mounting the iso file to this directory


with this in /etc/fstab


i'm using FOG on an ubuntu server but i still need to know what the issue is.