Re: Install of rawhide from netinstall without net connection

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On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:11:10 -0600
Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 9:00 AM stan via test
> <test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Later response with more relevant experience because of your
> > response. It pushed me into investigating further, so thanks.  When
> > I go into the repo setup link, there is a selection to use the
> > install media as the install source instead of the net.  And also a
> > selection that says to use only the install media, and not to use
> > the latest updates.  That those options exist suggests to me that
> > the install media is supposed to be able to do an install of
> > whatever image is on the media.  
> 
> Those options exist to select an installation payload in an arbitrary
> location; the code doesn't search all locations to know in advance
> whether there is a payload. It just always presents the UI. It's not
> dynamic.

It was the message 'this is suitable for install' that fooled me.  From
Samuel's message, that just meant that it was the correct base image.

> > It just seems to spin endlessly when I try this.  And, as I
> > commented in another response, it doesn't work even when the
> > network link is active.  
> 
> Both of these are probably usability bugs, it should probably fail
> faster when it's not finding something it recognizes... "is not a
> valid source" or something to that effect. But before filing a bug it
> might be better to ask about it on anaconda-devel@
 
As I posted elsewhere, I was able to successfully install F35 using the
server everything ISO as the repository, as long as the network was
turned off.
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