Description of problem: i was trying to install fedora 8 test1 from local drive. first i tried to installed from a directory containing all rpms but i find that anaconda only accept iso image. so i build the image with the following command: cd /home/vortex/fedora-7.90-x86_64/ genisoimage -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -c isolinux/boot.cat -boot-info-table -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -R -J -V 'linux' -T -o ../image.iso . (/home/vortex/fedora-7.90-x86_64 is a copy of releases/test/7.90/Fedora/x86_64/os/ i got from a fedora mirror server) i booted with grub from the fc8 kernel: root (hd0,0) kernel /home/vortex/fedora-7.90-x86_64/isolinux/vmlinuz initrd /home/vortex/fedora-7.90-x86_64/isolinux/initrd.img during installation i choosed to use a local image on hard disk, i suggested the /home/vortex directory and the process accept it and goes on, i partition disk drives, i choose to configure eth0 with dhcp etc., then after the root password i get an error that anaconda can't find the iso image, i'm suggested to copy the iso to the hard drive, then i can "exit" or "retry". i went to tty2 and the df show: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev 1017860 0 1017860 0% /dev /tmp/loop1 97920 97920 0 100% /mnt/runtime /dev/sdb1 31006796 20258452 9147872 69% /tmp/isodir (i think this is incorrect, the iso is inside /tmp/isodir/home/vortex/) so i tried to correct it like: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev 1017860 0 1017860 0% /dev /tmp/loop1 97920 97920 0 100% /mnt/runtime /dev/sdb1 31006796 20258452 9147872 69% /prova /dev/loop0 3381778 3381778 0 100% /tmp/isodir (i mounted image.iso on /tmp/isodir) i returned to tty1 and choosed "retry" in the installation process. at this point it hang with and exception (see attached files). my hd configuration is: sda : containing vista - not used by linux at all sdb : sdb1 / for fc7 and containing the fc8 iso file (i named it image.iso) sdb2 free space (32G) for fc8 sdb3 free space Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: try to install from hard disk with the fc8 iso built from mirror Steps to Reproduce: 1. mirror fc8 x86_64 os directory 2. build the iso 3. boot from fc8 kernel and choose to install from hard drive Actual results: anaconda fail to find/mount the image Expected results: Additional info:
Created attachment 187271 [details] contains the anaconda log, lsmod, uname and df output
I think this should be fixed in the next build of anaconda. Marking as MODIFIED until we get a chance to test.
thank you Chris, just for your info, i tried the same procedure with the following variation: - putting image.iso in a empy file system - using the rescuecd.iso (same version and platform) instead of image.iso (i feared i had built a broken image so i tried with an official one) the results are the same. i wait for the next build.
Hi Chris, forgive me for the delay in the reply :P it seems that the bug as been fixed with the fedora 8 test2 release. i'm able to install with the iso mounted in loopback. should i close the bug? many thanks