Bug 730488

Summary:	Installer does not find packages on USB media
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Michael Ekstrand <michael>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	15	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description Michael Ekstrand 2011-08-13 16:22:02 UTC

Description of problem:
When installing from a USB stick containing the DVD image, the installer does not find the packages on the USB stick and falls back to a network install.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Whatever is on the F15 install media.

How reproducible:
1 out of 1, but I think always - I peeked at the anaconda source, and it seems to systematically ignore all non-CDROM media.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download Fedora 15 DVD (I used i386/i686)
2. Install unetbootin
3. Use unetbootin to put the downloaded ISO on a >=4G USB flash drive
4. Boot flash drive and try to install
  
Actual results:
After partitioning, the installer prompts for network configuration and proceeds with a network install, completely ignoring the 3+GB of packages on the flash drive.

Expected results:
Anaconda locates the package tree just like it does when booting a real DVD, and allows the system to be installed without consulting the network.

Additional info:
I had to use unetbootin because the Fedora LiveUSB creator could not use the DVD image (although the Windows version of it was able to use the netinst image).

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2011-08-14 15:43:12 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 729600 ***

Comment 2 Brian Lane 2011-08-16 00:02:32 UTC

Note that unetbootin may or may not work -- but livecd-iso-to-disk (from livecd-tools) will create a bootable USB disk from any of our official .iso images including DVD.