On Nov 24, 2011, at 17:39 , <[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 > > This works for me when I have biosdevname=0 in the grub line (otherwise you > will get weird device names other than ethX).
Hmm, weren't those invented and pushed by a colleague of yours? ;-) NB I like them. A lot. They're predictable, and guaranteed not to change across reboots. They can cause problems with broken software though - like certain license managers for really expensive software that "know" that a system can only have network devices called ethX or vmnetX. - Stephan > > -----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 -- Stephan Wiesand DESY - DV - Platanenallee 6 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
