On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 04:39:08PM +0000, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> Try adding the following dummy network to the Kickstart
> Network --activate --device eth0 ip=10.0.0.1 --netmask=255.255.255.0
>
Yes, I think this would work, too.
But it is good to have a vanilla kickstart-less installer working, as well.
In reality, a kickstart file is required because of the useless default package
selection offered by the installer.
It asks if I want a "software development" ***OR*** a "web development"
***OR*** something else I have no idea what it is they mean, and they are
mutually exclusive choices. Then, any choice I make forces me to spend the rest
of my life installing missing packages. If, as closest choice,
I select "software development", injury is added to the insult
because the libc.a static library is missing. As they say "gimme a break!".
Where is the good old button for "install everything there is"?
K.O.
>
> This works for me when I have biosdevname=0 in the grub line (otherwise you will get weird device names other than ethX).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Connie Sieh
> Sent: 23 November, 2011 01:46
> To: Konstantin Olchanski
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: SL6.1 installer requires internet connection?
>
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2011, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 04:09:15PM -0600, Connie Sieh wrote:
> >> 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.
> >>>
> >>> Why is this?
> >>
> >> How did you make the USB image?
> >
> >
> > Same as any bootable USB disk. Partition the USB disk, mkfs, rsync bootable
> > filesystem contents, install boot loader.
> >
> > As follows:
> >
> > 1) Partition table looks like this:
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdc: 7996 MB, 7996440576 bytes
> > 224 heads, 56 sectors/track, 1245 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 12544 * 512 = 6422528 bytes
> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> > Disk identifier: 0x00000000
> >
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/sdc1 * 1 1245 7808612 83 Linux
> >
> > NOTE: you need to repartition with -H224 -S56 (or whatever) because
> > I see some USB disks come with random heads and sectors settings.
> >
> > NOTE2: note "boot" flag
> >
> > 2) mke2fs -j /dev/sdc1 as normal, mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/dst
> >
> > 3) rsync -av /triumfcs/mirror/SL/6.1/x64_64/os /mnt/dst (same contents as http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.1/x86_64/os)
> >
> > 4) directory "Packages" is probably not needed
> >
> > 5) rsync -av .../SL-61-x86_64-2011-11-09-Everything-DVD1.iso .../SL-61-x86_64-2011-07-27-Everything-DVD2.iso /mnt/dst
> >
>
> So you should have a /images directory on your usb drive. Copy the
> /images/updates.img and /images/product.img from
> .../SL-61-x86_64-2011-11-09-Everything-DVD1.iso to /images directory of
> the usb drive.
>
> > 6) cd /mnt/dst, setup "extlinux" (since the original uses isolinux). I use extlinux, mbr.bin, menu.c32 from extlinux-3.86.
> >
> > 6a) cat mbr.bin > /dev/sdc, ./extlinux -i . (notice the dot)
> > 6b) extlinux.conf is a copy of isolinux.cfg with "vesamenu.c32" replaced by "menu.c32" from extlinux-3.86
> >
> > 7) umount /dev/sdc, try to boot it.
> >
> >>> I am making an SL6 installer for use on machines located where internet
> >>> access is physically impossible, so is there a solution or workaround?
> >>>
> >>
> >> There is a solution to this but I need to know the answer to the
> >> above question.
> >
> >
> > Ideally, I would like the installer run from the "Packages" directory rather
> > than the DVD iso images.
> >
> >
> >
>
> -Connie Sieh
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Konstantin Olchanski
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