Bug 65319

Summary:	anaconda doesn't support FireWire.
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	hjl
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.3	Keywords:	FutureFeature
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Hardware:	i386
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Description hjl 2002-05-21 22:36:40 UTC

I have 7.3 isos on a FireWire drive. But anaconda
doesn't see it. I guess it needs changes in kernel,
kudzu and anaconda to support it. If I make it to work,
will RedHat be interested in my changes?

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2002-05-22 21:06:17 UTC

Pulling in the ieee1394 support would increase the size of the boot images,
which are already very full.  This is not a feature we plan on supporting.

You can move the files from the firewire drive to an internal drive and do a
hard drive install as a workaround.

Comment 2 hjl 2002-05-22 21:25:55 UTC

How full are the local and pcmcia boot images? It can
always be on the driver disk. I don't have space on
my local hard drive to hold 5 isos.