Installing F15 without any active network?

[Ed Greshko]

On 07/04/2011 11:48 PM, mike cloaked wrote:
>
> Thanks Ed - I am really puzzled - is there any way that installing in
> a VM is possibly different to a bare metal install?  I mean if the VM
> set up bridging to the host machine's network then it presumably
> thinks there is a network available even if it does not want to use
> it?

I don't have a bare metal system.....

So, on this next try I created a VM.  In the network section I picked
"NAT" but in the "Advanced" section I unchecked the box labeled "Cable
Connected".  This way, I would have a network adapter defined...but it
should simulate the cable being unplugged. 

I also opened my eyes just a bit more...even if it is 5AM.  I hate it
when someone dial the wrong number.

Anyway....  At the point in the install where one is prompted for the
hostname there is a button in the lower left saying "Configure
Network".  I *did not* click on it since I don't want to configure the
network.

Also, later when the package selection came up I didn't check any
"update" repo...or any other repo.

The install is proceeding as I type....
> Maybe if I set up a static ip address and let it continue perhaps the
> rest of the install would go ahead once a (pretend) network was
> defined - I didn't try that...
>
> However there do seem to be related bugzilla reports:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677773
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689018
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673824
>
> Maybe I am hitting a version of one of these?

Maybe, but I can't see the DVD making it out the door with those unresolved.

Are you 100% certain you have a "Release" DVD and not a Beta?  Maybe you
should run a checksum on it just to be sure?



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