Due to a new 8X CD and some bad media, I had a good CD1 but unreadable CD2 (it verified fine on the CD-R but was not readable on a CD-ROM nor DVD-ROM). When attempting to do an upgrade on my system (RH 6.1 with updated kernel), the install prompted for CD2. However since my CD2 was unreadable, I was stuck with a partially installed system. The only option on the screen was OK (I think). Basically, I had to hit reset and hope that the previously installed kernel came up -- it did and I was able to use a command line cdrecord to blow a fuctional CD2. A dual CD install is great, however the install should not hang/fail if the second CD is missing/unreadable. The install should allow you to complete a mostly functional install so your system does not get totally FUBAR'd. From there, you could then recover your system (like I was able to do, since I was doing an upgrade). Overall, I love pinstripe!
this is going to be very difficult to fix.
I agree on the difficulty, however this problem has happened and will happen again, e.g., most likely from someone who doesn't read the FAQ and only gets a copy of CD1 or downloads CD1 ISO only (plus the occasional bad/scratched CD2). Maybe fix in 7.1? DVD anyone? For 7.0, could RH handle this with a warning in the README's (e.g., where you download the ISO)? For 7.0, could RH at least make sure that the system is in a usable state (e.g., basic install, drivers, kernel, initscripts, lilo)? Possibly when CD2 is unreadable, have skip with a dialog indicating missing files/not complete -- and then run lilo?
I sorta agree too... I tried to install it and did not know that CD2 was now part of the distro instead of like power tools or something (upon closer inspection there are SEVERAL ISO's in that folder). So I had my system partially installed.. but I formatted / on linux (I hate upgrades), so I couldnt recover... I actually had to find my old (IDE) hard drive with winblows installed on it (surprised it actually still booted) to download CD 2 and burn it so I could RE-do the install :) I agree that is going to make the install script get really hairy there.. but there has to be some sort of way to "skip" the rest of the packages and go on to lilo install. (or whatever is next ) TJ McNeely KnopHead
Related to bug number 16038.
*** Bug 15698 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Related to bug 16038.
*** Bug 18379 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 19552 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This is not currently possible given how the RPM transactions are handled.