Hi, On 30/07/15 14:00, Leam Hall wrote: > The minimal install is a great tool for doing simple builds for base > machines. The regular DVD puts in a lot of cruft and a Kickstart build > assumes you have a kickstart infrastructure. Simple builds for base machines is exactly what the minimal iso is meant to target, we dont intend to fork the entire distro into a minimal set and haveto support it like that, > It really seems a matter of "do it right or don't do it at all." If you > have a minimal install ISO, please have it meet the same expectations > the other images meet. I am not sure what you mean by that ? We do set expectations for the minimal iso and your use case isnt one of them. - KB > > Leam > > > On 07/30/15 08:47, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> On 27/07/15 14:17, leam hall wrote: >>> Sorry if I'm on the wrong list. I got bit by Bug 5589 >>> (https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5589). It's a couple years old and >>> looks to be a simple fix. Anything I can do to help? >> >> When we setup the minimal iso - I believe this was a decision taken by >> design, to not have this media be a replacement for the regular distro >> install media. Mostly since kickstart and option based installs will >> largely differ in terms of what works and does not work properly ( and >> we dont test the minimal iso for use in this case ). >> >> If you need to use the media in a loopback format, use the DVD media >> instead. >> >> For what the bug report says, a better way to run the install is to use >> the iso as an iso and just attach an empty disk to the same vm, power it >> up and you get the minimal install working just fine. -- Karanbir Singh +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc