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My goal is to install Oracle Linux 6.3 from USB. My problem is when I copy DVD media to USB. The symlink file repodata is unable to create because the file system is FAT/FAT32. Below is the symlink detail.

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    196 Jun 26  2012 media.repo
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     15 Jun 26  2012 repodata -> Server/repodata
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    108 Jun 26  2012 supportinfo

That might be the root cause of my real problem I faced that I stuck at the screen showing "The installation source given by device [sdxx] could not be found . Please check your parameter again." Since it can't find the repodata folder (lost symlink of usb).

So, how can I kickstart from USB?

Aaron Copley
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drhojun
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  • Read this: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey – Sven Feb 26 '13 at 17:50
  • Thank you SvenW. Using ISO file to the 2ng partition sounds great. – drhojun Feb 26 '13 at 18:06
  • I would try to use ext3 file system on usb drive first (copy all content from dvd to usb not using ISO file) so I will not have to change the script I've made before. And since most of users use Windows , I would try to find a tool that can format ext3 on usb stick. Then I can create automated script to extract the customize content to usb. – drhojun Feb 26 '13 at 18:32

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Now I know the root cause of this issue. I use source installation as harddrive option (harddrive --dir=/ --partition=sda4 for ks.cfg or repo=hd:sdx:/ for boot parameter ) which install from a directory of ISO images on a local drive not the installation tree as I've benn doing.

Reference : http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart#install

drhojun
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  • How did you solve that problem? – Peter Nov 14 '13 at 04:46
  • I place the Oracle Linux ISO on the partition used in "repo=hd:sdx:/" instead of copying the whole directory tree from ISO to that partition. This solved the problem. – drhojun Nov 18 '13 at 07:47