Install from Fedora 9 - 64Bit DVD promts for medium 1 to continue

Hello,

I'm surprised at the installation process of my Fedora 9 - 64Bit DVD.
After I selected additional software and packages for first time installation from scratch on that computer and with fedora 9 (64Bit), the copy process started, runs a while and then stopped at about 30% progress and promts the message that I have to insert Fedora disk 1 to continue.
Hmm...ok my DVD is disk 1!
Tried to find similar install problem in www but nothing found.

Might it be related to the 64Bit version?

file .treeinfo shows everything should be ok:

[general]
family = Fedora
timestamp = 1210111668.51
variant = Fedora
totaldiscs = 1
version = 9
discnum = 1
packagedir =
arch = x86_64
.....

[Seve]

Hello:

Only a suggestion as I haven't run across the issue you are having before.

Try using the default Software selection for the installation and use yum to install anything extra afterwards.

And see if that gets you by your current issue?

Seve

[gamradtk]

The first time I tried to run pup with Fedora 8 (64-bit) it asked me for install media. pup let me access the repository manager and deselect the install media and then continue as normal.

I know this isn't quite the same thing and I know that Fedora 9 doesn't have pup.

This didn't happen when I did the same thing with Fedora 8 (32-bit). So maybe it has something to do with 64-bit versions.

[A.Serbinski]

Bad disk? Sounds like there's a file it can't find, so its prompting for the disk its supposed to be on. If its a bug in the installer (wants to install a file that doesn't exist), then Seve's suggestion may help out.

Also could try to add the Everything repo when performing the install, that way if it can't find the file on disk, it'll hopefully download it.

[Omni-Tom]

Had same problem when I installed Fedora-9 -64

I reinstalled and used the base install without configing software and all worked ok.

Also huge amount of updates after the install so probably better off using the stock install and downloading the newer files.

Now I installed the SW without the additional online stuff and it worked.

It was my work around, but shouldn't it be corrected? Other users might try first time Fedora (or Linux in general) and if they get such error, they will kick it in the trash.

My 1GB update running in background for 430 packages after installation from scratch is crazy!
I think my Fedora 6 & 7 was better or "more stable".

[howserss]

I have the same issue with 2 different 32bit DVD installs that I downloaded. It prompts for Disk 1 at about 30%. I am installing this on Virtual PC 2007 attached to the iso image.
It works fine if I dont select all the extra features. I can go through and select most things I want and it still works just not everything.

[mdofperth]

I get similar symptoms.

I'd rather not download everything when 99% of what I need is on the DVD.

Unfortunately once the error has come up there seems to be no escape other than aborting the install or dummying up a CD which is convincing enough to appear to be "Disk 1".

Any further ideas on this problem?

[alehman]

I have the same problem with i386 DVD.

[vallimar]

I had this show up too the first time I tried to use the DVD, I think I triggered it by selecting the additional repositories. The second time, I selected software as normal, but didn't check that box
and it all went well (if slowly). Also, if you are re-installing FC9 at this point, there are Unity re-spins
that have many of the updates pre-applied to reduce the after-install updates load.

http://spins.fedoraunity.org/spins

[mdofperth]

Thanks for that Vallimar. And thanks to the folks at unity doing the spins.