Bug 31255
Summary: | RFE: support installing from loopback mounted ISOs | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Chan Cao <ctcao> |
Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Michael Fulbright <msf> |
Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 7.1 | Keywords: | FutureFeature |
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Enhancement | |
Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
Last Closed: | 2001-04-11 20:14:21 UTC | Type: | --- |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Description
Chan Cao
2001-03-10 00:33:59 UTC
If I understand your bug report, the fix is to copy both CDs into a single directory. We do not support loopback mounting the images at this time. You're right. I started writing the last paragraph when I realize I need to write this. I'm just trying to say that you could solve a lot of confusions and support calls just by doing what I think is common sense...of course that's just my opinion. Your product should look good from the beginning...at the install phase and you should try to make it bulletproof as much as possible...Just think of some of these review articles, the first thing they mention is how easy a time they had to install the product. If due to their mistakes or whatever, it didn't go smoothly, chances are the rest of the review isn't very positive for that product. Maybe this should be passed to a manager to review. If you think this is redundant, then I'm not going to argue because the reason you gave that loop mounting is not yet supported. it's correct, it's working/(breaking) as it should. This fix could be as easy as determining the rpm's needed for successful laptop, server and destop installs. The rest of the files can be pushed back to the second CD. Then if someone does a custom install and the rpm's aren't on the first CD, you can tell them right off or suggest to copy or specify where the loop mount of the 2nd cd is. at the beginning, not at the near end of install. We'll definately consider added support for loopback mounted ISOs in future releases. It has simply been a matter of time. |