On 03/05/16 09:04, Chris Murphy wrote:> You don't say how you created the media. >-- true, i did not say how i created cd's. i used k3b as it is easier, less to remember, than using command line. usb's sticks were created using unetbootin and fedora-liveusb-creator. yes, i did not mention that i tried with 2 usb sticks. failure was same, did not feel it mattered. failure is failure.> Also netinstall used the network as source, not from CD/DVD. So you > should just leave the source selection on default. >-- so you are saying that netinstall is incorrectly written because it ask for a cd and not an internet connection? i would think that the dev's would have corrected the wording being that netinstall has been a part of last 2 or 3 versions. 'selection on default'? do not recall seeing anything related to such. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.7 tc,hago. g .
On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 12:48:17PM -0600, g wrote:> > > On 03/05/16 09:04, Chris Murphy wrote: > > You don't say how you created the media. > > > -- > > true, i did not say how i created cd's.<snip>> so you are saying that netinstall is incorrectly written because it ask > for a cd and not an internet connection? i would think that the dev's > would have corrected the wording being that netinstall has been a part > of last 2 or 3 versions. > > 'selection on default'? do not recall seeing anything related to such.The last time I used the netinstall CD (on Centos 6, not very many months ago) it asked for a URL, not a CD. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 -------------------------------
On 03/05/16 20:22, Fred Smith wrote:> On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 12:48:17PM -0600, g wrote: >> >> >> On 03/05/16 09:04, Chris Murphy wrote: >>> You don't say how you created the media. >>> >> -- >> >> true, i did not say how i created cd's. > <snip> >> so you are saying that netinstall is incorrectly written because it ask >> for a cd and not an internet connection? i would think that the dev's >> would have corrected the wording being that netinstall has been a part >> of last 2 or 3 versions. >> >> 'selection on default'? do not recall seeing anything related to such. > > The last time I used the netinstall CD (on Centos 6, not very many > months ago) it asked for a URL, not a CD. >-- why am i not surprised. :-D what got bombed was originally installed as 4.5 via dvd. so i have not had 'joy' of knowing the problems of a fresh install in a while. i am glad to say that by chance, day before problems i did run a 'yum list installed'. i am about 40% of getting system back to where it was. is there an easy way of running yum from a list instead of entering package names? entering names in groups of 5 to avoid problems is a bit slow. something else interesting about fresh install, i installed 6.5 dvd1 on my laptop without any problems. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.7 tc,hago. g .
On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 11:48 AM, g <geleem at bellsouth.net> wrote:> > > On 03/05/16 09:04, Chris Murphy wrote: >> You don't say how you created the media. >> > -- > > true, i did not say how i created cd's. > > i used k3b as it is easier, less to remember, than using command line.OK.> usb's sticks were created using unetbootin and fedora-liveusb-creator. > yes, i did not mention that i tried with 2 usb sticks. failure was > same, did not feel it mattered. failure is failure.No, unetbootin is pretty unreliable. I've actually not had it work reliably with Fedora ISOs since forever, but I mainly use (U)EFI systems is possibly why, but it doesn't appear to rewrite the bootloader stuff correctly at all. At this point I've totally given up on it. Fedora liveusb-creator ought to work. But... And it's also currently undergoing a rewrite. The most reliable way to create USB stick media for CentOS and Fedora is dd.> >> Also netinstall used the network as source, not from CD/DVD. So you >> should just leave the source selection on default. >> > -- > > so you are saying that netinstall is incorrectly written because it ask > for a cd and not an internet connection?Seems suspicious to me yes. A netinstall uses a network source, there are no packages on the netinstall media itself.> i would think that the dev's > would have corrected the wording being that netinstall has been a part > of last 2 or 3 versions. > > 'selection on default'? do not recall seeing anything related to such.OK I just ran the CentOS 6.7 netinstall ISO in gnome-boxes and it's not the graphical anaconda that I'm used to with Fedora. There's an "installation method" and it has Local CD/DVD selected at the top, but that clearly needs to be set to URL or it's simply not a netinstall. And then you need to give it a URL for a mirror, like this: http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/centos-6-netinstall-network-installation/ This is preconfigured in Fedora for their netinstalls. I have no idea how CentOS does it, but it doesn't appear to be ready to go. -- Chris Murphy
On 03/06/16 19:45, Chris Murphy wrote:> On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 11:48 AM, g <geleem at bellsouth.net> wrote:<<>>>> usb's sticks were created using unetbootin and fedora-liveusb-creator. >> yes, i did not mention that i tried with 2 usb sticks. failure was >> same, did not feel it mattered. failure is failure. > > No, unetbootin is pretty unreliable. I've actually not had it work > reliably with Fedora ISOs since forever, but I mainly use (U)EFI > systems is possibly why, but it doesn't appear to rewrite the > bootloader stuff correctly at all. At this point I've totally given up > on it. > > Fedora liveusb-creator ought to work. But... And it's also currently > undergoing a rewrite. The most reliable way to create USB stick media > for CentOS and Fedora is dd. >-- now that i think about it, it was fedora liveusb-creator usb that worked on laptop. my recall has not been up to norm these last few days. :-(>> so you are saying that netinstall is incorrectly written because it ask >> for a cd and not an internet connection? > > Seems suspicious to me yes. A netinstall uses a network source, there > are no packages on the netinstall media itself. >-- aware. now i am wondering just how i got it installed with netinstall. right now, i am still wore out, oxyc out, chemo-brain, my thinking may now be what i thought.>> i would think that the dev's would have corrected the wording being >> that netinstall has been a part of last 2 or 3 versions. >> >> 'selection on default'? do not recall seeing anything related to such. > > OK I just ran the CentOS 6.7 netinstall ISO in gnome-boxes and it's > not the graphical anaconda that I'm used to with Fedora. There's an > "installation method" and it has Local CD/DVD selected at the top, but > that clearly needs to be set to URL or it's simply not a netinstall. > And then you need to give it a URL for a mirror, like this: > http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/centos-6-netinstall-network-installation/ > > This is preconfigured in Fedora for their netinstalls. I have no idea > how CentOS does it, but it doesn't appear to be ready to go. >-- centos devs are a little slow with some things, but quick on others. for sure, if it is a security risk, they get on top of them and 'out the door'. i subscribe to 'announce' for both and centos is usually within 24 hours when a security notice is out. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.7 tc,hago. g .
Johnny Hughes
2016-Mar-07 15:06 UTC
[CentOS] 6.7 netinstall fails at insert cd to continue
<snip> This it is a very easy process to create an installable usb key: 1. Download the iso file from a mirror. 2. Check the sha256sum with this from the command line: sha256sum <isoname> 3. verify the output is the same as this list (for CentOS-6.7): http://mirror.centos.org/centos-6/6.7/isos/x86_64/sha256sum.txt.asc 4. Find the name of your USB stick, from the command line (as root) you can do: fdisk -l | grep Disk | grep dev | grep -v mapper You can also use the GUI disk tool 5. Use this dd command to copy to a usb stick: dd if=<path_to_iso_file> of=/dev/<drive> bs=4M so if the usb device for the key is /dev/sdc , and you are at the CLI and in the directory where the iso file is at (as the root user), then the command to copy the NetInstall iso file to usb is: dd if=./CentOS-6.7-x86_64-netinstall.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M Netbootin may or may not work (I have had problems trying to use it), but just dd'ing the iso file to a usb stick will. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20160307/98c40a4d/attachment-0001.sig>