using an OS tree to do remote install fails

[dwoody5654]

On 12/15/2015 04:20 PM, cs wrote:
> On 12/15/2015 03:20 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> On 12/15/2015 01:09 PM, dwoody5654 wrote:
>>> I have been using the following with no problems:
>>> url --url 
>>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/22/Everything/i386/os/
>>>
>>> However, One computer I need to upgrade is in another city and in an
>>> area that has power outages on occasion but It has battery backup.
>>> During a netinstall, if the power goes out while downloading the
>>> packages -- that  would require me to go to the location. So I am 
>>> trying
>>> to use a local OS tree for the install. This will reduce the risk from
>>> power outage.
>>>
>>> The documentation says the following:
>>>
>>> |harddrive|
>>>     Install from a tree or full installation ISO image on a local hard
>>>     drive. The tree or ISO image must be on a file system which is
>>>     mountable in the installation environment. Supported file systems
>>>     are |ext2|, |ext3|, |ext4|, |vfat|, or |xfs|.
>>>
>>>     |install| |harddrive --partition= | --biospart= [--dir=]|
>>>
>>>     |--partition=|
>>>         Partition to install from (such as |sdb2|).
>>>     |--biospart=|
>>>         BIOS partition to install from (such as |82p2|).
>>>     |--dir=|
>>>         Directory containing the installation tree or ISO image.
>>>
>>>
>>> I only have one drive in the computer: /dev/sda.
>>>
>>> When I use:
>>>
>>> |harddrive --partition=/dev/sda2 --dir=/path/os|
>>>
>>> The target mount points are:
>>> sda1 is mounted as /
>>> sda2 is mounted as /home
>>>
>>> The errors are that the drive is not found for install and os tree also
>>> fails.
>>>
>>> I also tried:
>>>
>>> |harddrive --partition=sda2 --dir=/path/os|
>>>
>>>
>>> I have not found any other info.
>>>
>>> Is there documentation elsewhere that has more details on the use of an
>>> OS tree?
>>
>> You choose either "--partition=" OR "--biospart=" OR "--dir=", not
>> multiples (the "|" character means "OR"). In your case, you'd do
>>
>>     install harddrive --dir=/path/to/isofile
> Using --dir only, I get an error that says the partition or the 
> biospart must be specified.
> Also I am trying to use a os tree that I downloaded from
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/23/Everything/i386/os/
>
>
> David
>>
>> For example, if the ISO file is 
>> /home/ISOFiles/Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-23-10.iso, then I think you'd 
>> use:
>>
>>     install harddrive 
>> --dir=/home/ISOFiles/Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-23-10.iso
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