FC6 T1 installer problems
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Mon Jun 26 18:21:33 UTC 2006
On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 13:24 -0400, glenn wrote:
> I burnt the DVD for FC6 T1.
>
> I used the media check of the installer and the DVD passed.
>
> I use "linux text" as the install mode. This proceeded until as
> expected until it went to format the disc. Then the install failed.
>
> I retried the proceed 3 times with the same result each time.
>
> I then attempted the default graphical install (UGH).
>
> I selected all pkgs and 'custom now'. I select everything except the
> language options (selected 11 out of 36 possibilities).
>
> I selected activate eth0 at boot time. I specified the host name and
> the host IP/mask. The installer warned I had not specified the gateway,
> but did not offer a method to define the gateway.
>
> When the install completed, I had not network connectivity.
> ===
> I then restarted the install, and tried manual vs DHCP for initializing
> the network. Only DHCP would define the gateway. While I would supply
> the parms to the MANUAL mode, the install warned I had NO gateway
> specified. This is a useless configuration for me as I always specify
> the host name and IP/mask manually. Thus I will be waiting for FC6 T2
> to see if there is anything useful in the install version.
>
BZ number?
installer problem.
> --
> Glenn Simpson VE3DSP
>
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