Bug 157318

Summary:	Can't install in SCSI system which doesn't boot off CDROM
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Nigel Horne <njh>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description Nigel Horne 2005-05-10 16:15:35 UTC

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Description of problem:
The images directory is missing drvblock.img forcing one to use FC1 which is no longer supported.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Take a SCSI only machine
2. Attempt to install FC3 on it
3.
  

Actual Results:  Failed to install

Expected Results:  Should have been able to download and use drvblock.img

Additional info:

All worked fine with FC1, but FC2 and FC3 don't support this configuration.

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2005-05-10 19:32:16 UTC

The 2.6 kernel has grown to the point that boot floppies are no longer a
reasonable option.  Thus, the options for booting are
* CD
* USB keyfob
* Network
* Using the kernel + initrd and booting them from either another linux install
or dos (using loadlin)

Comment 2 Nigel Horne 2005-05-10 19:36:30 UTC

CD doesn't boot (see summary)
USB not available
BIOS doesn't support network boot
DOS is not on the system, but I don't understand the rest of option 4.

Is there a way of stripping out the bloatware just for initial boot?

Comment 3 Nigel Horne 2005-05-10 19:38:31 UTC

I forgot to add that I have installed FC1 which works a treat.

Can I now update to FC3, or will you start supporting FC1 again since that works
and FC3 doesn't? Or will FC4 be better?

Comment 4 Peter Jones 2005-05-16 18:45:39 UTC

Copy the kernel and initrd from the images/pxeboot/ directory on CD1 into /boot,
and add them to grub.conf .  Then select that when booting.