[CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT)

m.roth at 5-cent.us m.roth at 5-cent.us
Tue Jan 10 20:47:46 UTC 2012


Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane wrote:
>> Behalf Of m.roth at 5-cent.us
>> John Doe wrote:
>> > From: "m.roth at 5-cent.us" <m.roth at 5-cent.us>
>> >
>> >> I've retried again, and it still fails. I see that it's mounted
>> >> /dev/sda2, which is where I've got the contents of a DVD, as
>> /mnt/isolinux.
>> >
>> > Unless you specifically need the DVD contents, maybe try with
>> > the ISOs instead...
>>
>> This doesn't vaguely answer my question.
<snip>
>  From what I recall: you can
>    * boot the USB
>    * layout and format the disks (we assume using anaconda)
>   And when you  get towards package selection, anaconda fails indicating
> ' that it can't find "image# 1".'
>
> The "image# 1" it is looking for is the .iso which could have been burnt
> to a DVD for doing the install, i.e., not something from the images
> directory from THAT iso.
>
> As RHEL6 anaconda derives from something post the rawhide that I
> submitted the following bug on, it may help you understand.
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435976
>
> summary: anaconda will not trust any mounted file system for the rpm's
> to install, it only trusts media images and http.

So you're saying that the second partition has to actually hold a .iso,
*not* the contents?

Augh!

Well, I'll delete the contents of the filesystem, and rsync the .iso, and
try again. I *did* note, this last time (I thought I'd found something
else), that the popup window said iso 9660....

Thanks!

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