On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 14:29 +0100, mike cloaked wrote: > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan > <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 14:13 +0100, mike cloaked wrote: > >> I have been installing f15 on several machines without any issue - but > >> today I was asked to help someone install f15 on a machine which > >> currently does not have a network connection (all previous installs > >> were on machines with an active network connection). > >> > >> I may be a complete idiot but I could not for the life of me fathom > >> out how to get the install to complete in this situation - it pops up > >> a request to define the network a few steps into the install, and then > >> will simply not proceed saying that some parts of the install require > >> a network connection - clicking cancel then only gave the option of > >> quitting the install altogether! > >> > >> Have I missed something obvious? > > > > Yes, you've omitted to say how you're doing the install. Without knowing > > that, no-one can tell you what to do other than guessing. > > Ahh! It was from a physical DVD - with the DVD install iso - nothing > fancy - just a straightforward install as I have been doing since FC1 > days - this is the first time I have come across any problem doing a > standalone clean install from a DVD disk - it looks like it may be > trying to activate updates when I was only after a basic install from > the DVD (reason is that I was trying to install ahead of the network > people amending the local LAN database to include the NIC MAC in the > next few days - so until that is done there will be no network access > or IP address assigned from DHCP - but getting the install done should > have been a time saver in the meantime) > > Thanks > > -- > mike c The original request for a network connection should not have to be done. The real problem arises when you are trying to installer the repos. Without a network active you cannot install the repo references. But the rpms on the disk should be installable. Afterwoods you will have installer the repos and do a general yum upddate. -- ======================================================================= There are twenty-five people left in the world, and twenty-seven of them are hamburgers. -- Ed Sanders ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
