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Description of problem: Booted Fedora-16-Final.RC3-x86_64-DVD.iso from flashdisk and everything is OK but - it downloads all the packages from net, nothing from the flashdisk. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora-16-Final.RC3-x86_64-DVD.iso How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: FAIL: qemu-kvm -hda Fedora-16-Final.RC3-x86_64-DVD.iso -snapshot -hdb /tmp/test.qcow2 -m 2048 FAIL: Lenovo X220 with FlashUSB disk created by: cat Fedora-16-Final.RC3-x86_64-DVD.iso >/dev/sdd One can test it works with: PASS: qemu-kvm -cdrom /md2/iso-copy/Fedora-16-Final.RC3-x86_64-DVD.iso -snapshot -hdb /tmp/test.qcow2 -m 2048 -boot d Actual results: No "Installation Repo" repository. Trying to add one prints: No Media Found No installation media was found. Please insert a disc into your drive and try again. When I mounted it to ctrl-alt-F2 to /mnt/cd by some mkdir /mnt/cd mount -r -tiso9660 /dev/sdc /mnt/cd it also did not work: file:///mnt/cd Invalid Repository URL You must provide an HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP URL to a repository Expected results: Normal "Installation Repo" repository accessing the flashdisk Additional info:
Modern lightweight notebooks do not have any CD/DVD.
Created attachment 531161 [details] FAIL screenshot with: qemu-kvm -hda /md2/iso-copy/Fedora-16-Final.RC3-x86_64-DVD.iso -snapshot -hdb /tmp/test.qcow2 -m 2048
anaconda knows how to look for packages automatically on CD and DVD media. Otherwise, you either need to provide the askmethod or repo= parameter to point it at the device you want to use. Since you're just doing a cat of the media over to a USB device, you're not getting the parameter added for you. If you use livecd-iso-to-disk (yes, even for non-live media) it will set syslinux up for you to where this just works.
(In reply to comment #3) > If you use livecd-iso-to-disk (yes, even for non-live media) it will set > syslinux up for you to where this just works. Aha, OK, thanks for info. I can't argue with a possible WONTFIX you may turn it to but it is a bug. The packages are normally and easily available at the media (see /mnt/cd above), Anaconda could find them.
We *could* find them, but we already provide so many methods of package installation that we're hesitant to make the code any more complicated. This also requires complicating up the test matrix even further. I have no intention of changing anything here any time soon.
This is just needlessly discarding the hybrid feature of the CD. I remember there were pushes for livecd-iso-to-disk instead of "cat" but I never understood why to use some special program when "cat" works the same.