[anaconda] Failed hard drive install

[Phil Schaffner]

On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 16:48 -0600, Brian Cain wrote:

> Markku Kolkka wrote:
> 
> > Brian Cain kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 3. 
> > huhtikuuta 2004 00:53):
> > 
> >> When I booted Fedora (from a CD created from
> >>the images/bootcd.iso file), it claimed that no installation
> >>media could be found, and that I needed a driver to be able to
> >>access the hard drive
> > 
> > 
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118881
> 
> Ah...when in doubt, check bugzilla.  Thanks for the heads up.
> 
> > Try a network install, it should work.
> 
> Hmm.  I guess that's my next best choice.  IIRC, the installer wasn't 
> keen on recognizing my network card, either.  I guess I should give that 
> driver disk a try.

Driver disk?  Am I missing something?  Are there drivers available other
than the ones in "boot.iso" or on CD-1?  Sounds like a relic of the good
old floppy boot days gone by, before the kernel got too fat to fit on
one.

> Hey, it occurred to me that it would be awesome if 
> the FTP/HTTP installs phoned home and got a list of known mirrors (upon 
> request, I suppose).  Is that sort of thing feasible?  And what's the 
> appropriate forum for discussing enhancements like these?

While we're requesting new features, how about a hard disk install that
(in addition to working ;^) recognizes a directory tree rather than
looking for iso images?

Phil