Hello to everyone, tried to install fedora core 4 on a logical partition on a IBM PPC64 system "OpenPower720" using only virtual devices.(virtual ethernet, virtual scsi, virtual console provided by a so called VIO-Server) That's what I did so far: - burned the first ISO-image on CD and booted from this media. - prepared an ftp-server as an installation soure - can start installation via virtual serial connection at boot prompt with : "linux askmethod" - able to key in IP-information and FTP-server information. -> On the FTP-Server side I can see the ftp connection is working - I can see anaconda starting, but failing soon with "Error bad argument --virtpconsole: unknown option". - Found a bugzilla entry #160573 which states this issue is resolved with latest anaconda-package - so I downloaded latest anaconda and anaconda-runtime rpms from http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/ppc64/Fedora/RPMS/ - unpacked anaconda files with rpm2cpio anaconda-xyz.ppc64.rpm | cpio -id and rpm2cpio anaconda-runtime-xyz.ppc64.rpm | cpio -id into a temporary dir /tmp/RHupdates - copied this temp dir to <ftp-root-dir>/Fedora/RHupdates - additionally made a cramfs image (ext2 image didn't work either); cd /tmp/RHupdates; mkfs.cramfs . updates.img - copied this image to <ftp-root-dir>/Fedora and to <ftp-root-dir>/Fedora/base - started installation again at the boot prompt with: "linux askmethod" - but installation fails like before, anaconda updates seem to be ignored. - same with boot prompt: "linux askmethod updates" -> this time an additional dialog appears asking for the updates source, but only cd devices are selectable Any ideas what's wrong? Is this update.img/RHUpdates thing still supposed to work. Is something wrong with my ftp setup ? Shortly after starting the installation, the message "local installation media detected" is displayed. Tried the same via NFS -> same problem. Btw, a "RHEL4 AS Update 2" installation on the same hardware runs without problems. Thanks in advance, Wolfgang -- Telefonieren Sie schon oder sparen Sie noch? NEU: GMX Phone_Flat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/telefonie
