On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 11:34 -0400, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > I was getting this failure on a harddisk install until I removed an > extraneous > .iso image in the directory holding the dvd .iso. > > It seems that anaconda is a bit simple when it comes to the hd > install, and > doesn't know anything about the names of the images, just the .iso > extensions. Yes, to my recollection, there has never been a great way for the installer to know what ISO files it should use when pointed to a directory multiple ISO images. Going by the ISO filename isn't a perfect method either. If this ends up being part of the cause for this problem, it may be worth adding another 'important' admonition to the installation guide [1] to note reminding that *only* the ISO image(s) needed for install should be present in the supplied partition:/dir [1] http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Installation_Guide/ch04s07.html > Anaconda should have the "Harddsik" repository option in its repo > select menu > but the maintainers have opted not to include it. > > It would also be nice to see anaconda being able to pull from a > fully-expanded > hard disk repo in addition to the ISO images, but the maintainers have > opted to not implement that feature. As with any development project, more code, more maintenance, more testing, more bugs. Hard drive ISO installs are still available, but, a I understand it, are not the most common installation method given the setup involved. I'm sure they'd be willing to review patches that enable this support for anyone inclined, but I don't know the teams future plans for repo support in the installer and how such a feature would fit. We can move that discussion to anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxxx Thanks, James
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