On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 04:39:08PM +0000, [email protected] 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: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Connie > Sieh > Sent: 23 November, 2011 01:46 > To: Konstantin Olchanski > Cc: [email protected] > 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 -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
