again, doing i386 and x86_64 installs in parallel, the i386 install demands that i *need* a network interface to continue, but neither of these systems is connected to the net -- i want to do just DVD-based installs for both of them.
the x86_64 install is at the point where it's askimg me for my choice of software, but the i386 install has already aborted. a second attempt produced the same results for i386.
and, no, i definitely did not select the rawhide repository for additional software. has anyone else seen this? i'm going to try a third time to make sure it happens again.
rday --
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
again, doing i386 and x86_64 installs in parallel, the i386 install demands that i *need* a network interface to continue, but neither of these systems is connected to the net -- i want to do just DVD-based installs for both of them.
the x86_64 install is at the point where it's askimg me for my choice of software, but the i386 install has already aborted. a second attempt produced the same results for i386.
and, no, i definitely did not select the rawhide repository for additional software. has anyone else seen this? i'm going to try a third time to make sure it happens again.
ok, i've tried this again a couple of times for each type of install, and now i fail invariably because the install *insists* that i need an active net connection to continue based on my software repositories.
this disgnostic is displayed after i format my filesystems and before i've even *selected* which repositories i want to use during the install. weirdly, i got past this point to the software selection phase not that long ago on the x86_64 install but now, both installs fail, demanding that they need a net connection to continue.
is this a known issue? it's kind of problematic.
rday
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
again, doing i386 and x86_64 installs in parallel, the i386 install demands that i *need* a network interface to continue, but neither of these systems is connected to the net -- i want to do just DVD-based installs for both of them.
the x86_64 install is at the point where it's askimg me for my choice of software, but the i386 install has already aborted. a second attempt produced the same results for i386.
and, no, i definitely did not select the rawhide repository for additional software. has anyone else seen this? i'm going to try a third time to make sure it happens again.
ok, i've tried this again a couple of times for each type of install, and now i fail invariably because the install *insists* that i need an active net connection to continue based on my software repositories.
this disgnostic is displayed after i format my filesystems and before i've even *selected* which repositories i want to use during the install. weirdly, i got past this point to the software selection phase not that long ago on the x86_64 install but now, both installs fail, demanding that they need a net connection to continue.
one more followup, just to prove i'm really trying to reproduce this. parallel installs from scratch, but the x86_64 install made it past the requirement for a net connection and is now at the software selection screen, while the i386 install got hung up demanding a net connection again. and i really did those installs identically up to that point.
the obvious question -- why is the install telling me i need a net connection based on my selected software repositories when i haven't even reached the point where i've *selected* my repositories?
i'm guessing that if i tried this again, i'd get relatively random results. thoughts?
rday --
======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture.
http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ========================================================================
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
again, doing i386 and x86_64 installs in parallel, the i386 install demands that i *need* a network interface to continue, but neither of these systems is connected to the net -- i want to do just DVD-based installs for both of them.
the x86_64 install is at the point where it's askimg me for my choice of software, but the i386 install has already aborted. a second attempt produced the same results for i386.
and, no, i definitely did not select the rawhide repository for additional software. has anyone else seen this? i'm going to try a third time to make sure it happens again.
ok, i've tried this again a couple of times for each type of install, and now i fail invariably because the install *insists* that i need an active net connection to continue based on my software repositories.
this disgnostic is displayed after i format my filesystems and before i've even *selected* which repositories i want to use during the install. weirdly, i got past this point to the software selection phase not that long ago on the x86_64 install but now, both installs fail, demanding that they need a net connection to continue.
one more followup, just to prove i'm really trying to reproduce this. parallel installs from scratch, but the x86_64 install made it past the requirement for a net connection and is now at the software selection screen, while the i386 install got hung up demanding a net connection again. and i really did those installs identically up to that point.
the obvious question -- why is the install telling me i need a net connection based on my selected software repositories when i haven't even reached the point where i've *selected* my repositories?
i'm guessing that if i tried this again, i'd get relatively random results. thoughts?
My guess is it's looking for a network connexion so it can get a current list of repos.
It would be interesting to give it a network connection and see what it does. Choices for tracking: 1. transparent proxy, log with squid (or apache). 2. tcpdump taken on a gateway, recording everything the MUT says.