Hi all, I’m one of those two guys out there that had this issue.
Despite I was able to install (but not without troubles) at least two FreePBX Distro system since the start of June I then given up with new FreePBX Distro installs.
I’m still not sure if the issue I saw gone away, I mean: I didn’t test a new install since those days (End of May, start of June if I recall well) so I can’t speak in regarding to new ISOs released up to now.
I say “I’m still not sure” because either with my latest two FreePBX Distro installations I tried - a FreePBX 6.12.65-13 Beta for testing and a FreePBX 5.211.65-13 of June updated to -14 and then to 6.12.65-13 track for testing - I experienced on both install processes little troubles at the point that, after the first boot and every time I log into both systems, they both ask me to run firstboot script every time (but Network is really OK, trust me) because both systems believe that actual Internet Connection is (or was at install time?) bad, which is actually not…since I then updated them nicely via GUI/CLI.
My Internet Connection is not Fiber Optic (Would be fantastic! go figure!) so I’m really in the wild with a simple Asynchronous DSL line 7Mbps download link, just pretty stable…not fast at all…but reliable enough to let me download (many) ISOs withouth major issues during the day (slowest) and night (fastest).
So the question that I rise is: “How is it possible that a FreePBX Distro ISO downloads without a glitch (MD5 Sum check OK) and then the system on which I’m installing - system that’s using the same link to Internet just few minutes after the ISO download completed - sees a crappy/unreliable/faulty Internet Link while from the same subnet - other host - I’m happily browsing the Internet?”
Test were done almost consecutively (both at night and during the day, weeks ago)…FreePBX Distro 5.211/6.12 ISOs Download -> MD5 Check (OK) -> Burn DVD -> Boot DVD for Install on bare metal box -> Media Check (OB) invoked at boot -> Anconda starts then will stop at 425th package with apparent no inbound/outbount traffic to Internet (I reported it with great amount of details here).
It looks like a sort of timeout jumps in…during packages retrive from mirrors.
I mean, I should haven’t been able to just download any ISO so far…if the Internet Link was really crappy.
I started to think that latest FreePBX Distro 5/6 changed the way they retrieve packages (or the way they communicate/push to Schmooze gathered installation information - if any - during packages install) from repositories…I could be wrong…but this is just my personal feeling and I admit I haven’t a way (nor the time) to demonstrate/investigate that.
Despite I changed a rule on my Firewall (see my latest post on the linked thread) I’m not sure that that rule change resolved (or was effectively related to) the issue of the stuck install: nobody told me that the FreePBX Distro install process needs some sort of Firewall Rules configuration (to let some sort of inbound traffic goes in) other than the basic default rule that grants access from any LAN host to any External host.
Could be something related to AS or peering/routing between us (users with problems) and FreePBX mirrors/repositories? if “Yes, It could” then…and ISOs? why ISO download isn’t/wasn’t a problem at all?