Hello, It's formated with iso9660 (cdrom format). It's generated using isohybrid.
The iso created should install from cdrom and from usb.. Best regards, Nuno Fernandes On Thursday 27 October 2011, Bryan J Smith wrote: > Is it formatted with an inode file system like Ext3 or Ext4? Or did you > leave it FAT or NTFS? > > > Also, have you just tried putting the ISOs on the device instead? It > typically goes much easier, especially if you fail to replicate every > symlink and other inode correct into an installation tree. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nuno Fernandes <npf-mli...@eurotux.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:11 PM > > Hello, > > I have an USB disk with the rhel/centos DVD content exploded in the root > dir. I would like to use it to install rhel. In the kickstart i have: > > askmethod > > and when installing i select harddisk, point it to my usbdisk (/dev/sda1) > and anaconda gives an error saying that it can't find the rhel/centos > instalation in that directory. > > For what i've checked, anaconda requires that the harddisk instalation uses > cd or dvds isos in the harddisk, but reading > http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en- > US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2- > options.html i see: > > ######################### > install (optional) > Tells the system to install a fresh system rather than upgrade an > existing system. This is the default mode. For installation, you must > specify the type of installation from cdrom, harddrive, nfs, or url (for > FTP or HTTP installations). The install command and the installation > method command must be on separate lines. > > cdrom — Install from the first CD-ROM drive on the system. > harddrive — Install from a Red Hat installation tree on a local > drive, which must be either vfat or ext2. > --biospart= > BIOS partition to install from (such as 82). > --partition= > Partition to install from (such as sdb2). > --dir= > Directory containing the variant directory of the installation > tree. > For example: > > harddrive --partition=hdb2 --dir=/tmp/install-tree > ############################################ > > It states that the directory in my harddisk/USB stick should contain the > "variant" directory of the installation tree. > > Does anyone know how can i install from an exploded tree? > > Thanks, > Nuno Fernandes > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > rhelv5-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > rhelv5-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
