Where do I file a bug report ?

[Dennis Clarke]

On 9/21/05, David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 14:46 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > I think the latter is the bug he wants to report. A workaround is
> > probably to write the contents of the install tree to a DVD and
> > install from that, but it would be better if we could just fix
> > anaconda to install from expanded trees on the hard drive, like it
> > used to.
>
> Oh, the workaround for anaconda's regression, btw, is to _start_ an NFS
> install from elsewhere, but then switch to tty2 as soon as it's started
> the second stage of the installer, mount the local file system with the
> install tree and bind-mount it over the top of /mnt/source.
>
> It's not simple or pretty, and you do still have to have network access
> to a machine with _parts_ of the install tree -- but it does let you
> fetch all the _packages_ from your local copy of the tree, instead of
> over the network. The Fedora/RPMS/ directory can actually be empty on
> the network server you're using.

gee .. this looks like the dance of the woo-lee masters to me but I
will have a go at it

:-)

> Actually, it might work if you write a CD containing all but Fedora/RPMS
> from the install tree, then do the same bind-mount trick to put the RPMS
> where the installer expects them in /mnt/source/Fedora/RPMS/. At least
> blank CDs are cheaper than blank DVDs.

I have lots of both.  As well as -RW versions which are slow but very
handy for testing.

Dennis