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 at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves* Director of Technology Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: steve.clark at netwolves.com http://www.netwolves.com