I'm trying to install C6.5 on a USB stick (created using Fedora LiveUSB Creator).
The problem is the machine using an Intel ITX board sets the USB stick as a HDD instead of a CDROM. During install, the DVD couldn't find the installer automatically and I must choose the HDD option for it to proceed to network/timezone/storage setup.
After the storage partitioning, it will throw an error that it is unable to read package metadata. Although there is an option to edit the repo information, there isn't an option to specify a hard disk.
Switching to console, attempts to mount /dev/sdb as /dev/cdrom or /mnt/sr0 met with failure because the USB drive is in use.
Previously I used 6.4 and downloaded 6.5 thinking it might just be an issue with 6.4 but both failed at the same point. There doesn't appear to be anybody else who encounter the same problem on a quick google.
Is this considered a bug with anaconda or is there some kind of workaround such as forcing the system to mount /dev/sdb as cdrom despite already being mounted/busy?
On 2014-01-22 3:25 AM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote:
Is this considered a bug with anaconda
Anaconda should be more robust, in my opinion... when it gives the 'cannot find file' error, it should offer a 'retry' option instead of just crashing out and requiring the user to start the install over from the beginning.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Darr247 darr247@gmail.com wrote:
On 2014-01-22 3:25 AM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote:
Is this considered a bug with anaconda
Anaconda should be more robust, in my opinion... when it gives the 'cannot find file' error, it should offer a 'retry' option instead of just crashing out and requiring the user to start the install over from the beginning.
I wonder if you are using the full install dvd image, it expects to look for the install files off a cd/dvd. I know the netinstall image asks where you want to load the install image (and the rest) from, be it a drive, network partition, or web thingie. Maybe, if for some reason the install gets confused, it should pop that menu since it is coded already.
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On 2014-01-22 2:28 PM, Mauricio Tavares wrote:
I wonder if you are using the full install dvd image,
Yes, basic desktop install, so DVD2 is not asked for... it crashed the same way whether burnt/run to/from DVD or dd'd/booted to/from a USB stick.
On 01/22/2014 03:25 AM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote:
I'm trying to install C6.5 on a USB stick (created using Fedora LiveUSB Creator).
The problem is the machine using an Intel ITX board sets the USB stick as a HDD instead of a CDROM. During install, the DVD couldn't find the installer automatically and I must choose the HDD option for it to proceed to network/timezone/storage setup.
After the storage partitioning, it will throw an error that it is unable to read package metadata. Although there is an option to edit the repo information, there isn't an option to specify a hard disk.
Switching to console, attempts to mount /dev/sdb as /dev/cdrom or /mnt/sr0 met with failure because the USB drive is in use.
can you use -o remount in the mount command?
Previously I used 6.4 and downloaded 6.5 thinking it might just be an issue with 6.4 but both failed at the same point. There doesn't appear to be anybody else who encounter the same problem on a quick google.
Is this considered a bug with anaconda or is there some kind of workaround such as forcing the system to mount /dev/sdb as cdrom despite already being mounted/busy? _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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