Joe Zeff writes:
On 01/18/2013 03:05 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:Mark Eggers writes:I didn't point to the raw device, but instead I pointed to the mounted media: --device /run/media/[user-name]/Fedora\ 18\ x86_64 as per documentation. The command switch is a bit misleading, since with device you might think to point to /dev/sr0 instead of the mount point. . . . . just my two cents.That's exactly what "mountpoint" means to me. That's what I specified, and fedup accepted that without any issues.If "mountpoint" means /dev/sr0 to you, you're wrong. That is a reference to the block device containing the DVD so that, in standard Unix practice, it can be considered a file. The term refers to the directory in the file system under which the data can be accessed by regular programs that have no need to be aware of what physical media is in use and the media must be mounted there in order for the path to be of any use. Before starting fedup, did you make sure that the media was properly mounted, and what the mount point actually was? I'm not assuming that you didn't but I do want to make sure we're both talking about the same actions.
If I didn't, it would've been quite an amazing feat, to be able to assemble the installer image anyway, and add the grub menu that booted the installer, without actually having it mounted.
Specifying /dev/sr0 worked, as far as fedup was concerned. It went through its paces, creating a boot image for the installer, made a new grub menu entry, and told me to reboot. Upon rebooting, the installer started running, with the blinking logo. But only for a few seconds, before it rebooted suddenly, back into F17, without really accomplishing anything.
If passing /dev/sr0 was wrong, then I would've appreciated an error message. If it's not possible for fedup to make a determination that it was wrong, and it managed to accomplish its goals nevertheless, then I would've expected, after a reboot, some kind of a clue: "You dummy, there's nothing at /dev/sr0", instead of just rebooting, without even a single peep in protest.
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