Ovirt devel - Mar 2008 - known problem when installing a guest from a CD / DVD

Hi

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that there is a known issue with
anaconda when installing a
guest with a kickstart file from a cdrom or dvd.  This is covered on the
production install page but
not on the developer install page.  So if you are installing the developer
version check out the
"...or build it from the kickstart" section on the regular install
page (
http://ovirt.org/production-install.html  ) or use the note below...

"However, the Fedora 8 DVD, as shipped, has a bug that prevents cdrom based
installs from working
properly. You can either choose to do an all network based install (which means
you don't have to do
the modifications to the kickstart as outlined below), or to download this ( 
http://ovirt.org/download/Fedora-Unity-20080204-8-x86_64-DVD.iso ) updated
Fedora 8 DVD that has the
bug in question fixed. Once you have the updated DVD, you can build the
appliance:"

For the developer version there is another method you can use.  Simply copy the
iso image to your
hard drive and point the install at it.


I'm guessing that the developer page will be updated shortly....

-mark

mark wagner wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that there is a known issue with
anaconda when installing a
> guest with a kickstart file from a cdrom or dvd.  This is covered on the
production install page but
> not on the developer install page.  So if you are installing the developer
version check out the
> "...or build it from the kickstart" section on the regular
install page (
> http://ovirt.org/production-install.html  ) or use the note below...
> 
> "However, the Fedora 8 DVD, as shipped, has a bug that prevents cdrom
based installs from working
> properly. You can either choose to do an all network based install (which
means you don't have to do
> the modifications to the kickstart as outlined below), or to download this
(
> http://ovirt.org/download/Fedora-Unity-20080204-8-x86_64-DVD.iso ) updated
Fedora 8 DVD that has the
> bug in question fixed. Once you have the updated DVD, you can build the
appliance:"
> 
> For the developer version there is another method you can use.  Simply copy
the iso image to your
> hard drive and point the install at it.
> 
> 
> I'm guessing that the developer page will be updated shortly....
While what you say is all true, I wasn't intending people to use a CD/DVD
for
installs for the developer version.  Hence, I wasn't really planning on
updating
the developer page with that information.  If people think that install-from-DVD
is a really important use-case to have, then we can consider adding it to the
developer version.  Note, however, that we are in the process of updating both
the host image and the management UI packages to work on/with F-9, so this may
become moot in the (short) future.

Chris Lalancette