On 01/22/2014 03:25 AM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote:
> I'm trying to install C6.5 on a USB stick (created using Fedora
> LiveUSB Creator).
>
> The problem is the machine using an Intel ITX board sets the USB stick
> as a HDD instead of a CDROM. During install, the DVD couldn't find the
> installer automatically and I must choose the HDD option for it to
> proceed to network/timezone/storage setup.
>
> After the storage partitioning, it will throw an error that it is
> unable to read package metadata. Although there is an option to edit
> the repo information, there isn't an option to specify a hard disk.
>
> Switching to console, attempts to mount /dev/sdb as /dev/cdrom or
> /mnt/sr0 met with failure because the USB drive is in use.
can you use -o remount in the mount command?
> Previously I used 6.4 and downloaded 6.5 thinking it might just be an
> issue with 6.4 but both failed at the same point. There doesn't appear
> to be anybody else who encounter the same problem on a quick google.
>
> Is this considered a bug with anaconda or is there some kind of
> workaround such as forcing the system to mount /dev/sdb as cdrom
> despite already being mounted/busy?
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