kickstart from cdrom w/o network connection - solved

[Chris Rouch]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Chris Rouch<chris.rouch at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a working kickstart network installation that has a custom
> group with all my additional packages in. I now need to install the
> same set of packages to a machine which is not on the network. I've
> created a dvd iso from the working file tree, with ks.cfg in the top
> directory. I'm testing this under vmware at the moment.
>
> when i boot from the cd, with parameter ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg, the install
> process begins, the disks are formatted. If I have a valid network
> configured the installer tries to contact the local fedora mirror, and
> eventually tells me it can't find the requested group and would i like
> to install anyway. if i have no network configured then it prompts me
> to configure the network. if i have an invalid network configured (i.e
> on the wrong subnet), i get a message about an invalid configuration
> and am given an option to edit, which prompts to add a repository.
>
> How do I get the installer to only look on the cdrom, and not try to
> contact other repositories?
>
> This is for a fedora 11 install, in case that matters.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Chris
>

Of course, not long after I sent this message, I discovered the
problem. I had a .discinfo file from an i386 install rather than from
a .x86_64 install. Updating with the correct .discinfo file fixed the
problem and the test system is now installing from a DVD.

Regards,

Chris