On Tuesday 17 May 2011, Jim McCarthy elucidated thus: > I'm not an expert, but I believe the "boot ISO" is just that -- a > bootable disk that is sufficient to initiate an installation, but not > sufficient in terms of having all the RPMs needed for an install. In > the past I've used the "boot ISO" only when doing a network install > -- did you see an option for giving an FTP or HTTP internet location > for all the RPMs needed for the installation ? > > I suggest looking at the on-line release notes / installation > instructions for a network install. OK, that does clarify things. The readme says this: SL-60-i386-<date>-boot.iso Example: SL-60-i386-2011-03-03-boot.iso This is the network install and rescue image. This image is designed to be burned onto a CD. You then boot your computer off the CD I've not done a "network install" of an RH-derived distro for quite a while. A Debian "network install" boots up, starts the install, runs you through partitioning, etc, then finds a mirror and pulls down the packages needed for install. While you can add module to the installer at run time, it does not pull down an install "image." > Hope this helps, Yeah, it does. Just different worlds. :) > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Joshua J. Kugler > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:02 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Problem using boot ISO > > I downloaded SL-60-i386-2011-03-03-boot.iso today. The sha256sum > checks out. I'm booting it in VMWare. It goes through its media > check and says it's OK. Then, I get the message: > > The Scientific Linux disc was not found in any of your drives. Please > insert the Scientific Linux disc and press OK to retry. > > Anyone have any ideas? I really don't want to download the DVD right > now. :) > > j -- Joshua J. Kugler - Fairbanks, Alaska Azariah Enterprises - Programming and Website Design [log in to unmask] - Jabber: [log in to unmask] PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0x73B13B6A