On Tue, 22 Nov 2011, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:

> Hi, SL users - I have constructed an SL6 installer USB disk and it works
> but after asking all the questions, right before starting to install packages,
> it stops and requests that there be an active network connection. The installation
> does not seem to proceed until the machine acquires an internet connection.
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> Why is this?

How did you make the USB image?

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> I am making an SL6 installer for use on machines located where internet
> access is physically impossible, so is there a solution or workaround?
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There is a solution to this but I need to know the answer to the above 
question.

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> P.S. Let's have a flame war. Why is there no instructions for making USB
> installer disks? Why is SL distributed as DVD images when none of my computers
> have no DVD drives? I guess I should be glad that it is not distributed
> on punch cards or paper tape.

Yep , it is good that it is not available on paper tape nor cassette 
tape.

We are working on providing a "usb image" similar to what was available on 
SL 5.

-Connie Sieh
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