Yum repo URL for Boot ISO installation
Hello,
Downloading the complete RHEL 7 Desktop DVD takes forever, so I went for the way lighter Boot ISO but...
There's no Installation Source configured so Installation won't go on and I'm stuck at the last screen with the "Begin installation" button disabled.
I need at least one valid URL for a proper RHEL 7 Desktop yum repository, so I can configured it and proceed with the installation.
Any hints? :)
Thanks,
William
Responses
Guru
2404 points
Quoting from the Installation Guide:
boot.iso
A minimal boot image which can be used to boot the installation program,
but requires access to additional package repositories from which software
will be installed. Red Hat does not provide such a repository; you must
create it using the full installation ISO image.
Red Hat
Guru
7081 points
Hey William, I do not know this for certain (and you're not going to like this answer, I'm afraid) but a network-based installation requires the installation bits to be hosted somewhere (which I am sure you already know). I have never seen a public URL for content for installation, like other variants. (I am now curious though and will try to look in to this). You might want to open a ticket to ask Support whether there is a public repo.
In my case, I download the entire DVD and then mount it so that it is web-accessible and point my installation at that directory (I build tons of systems for testing).
From RHEL 7 Installation Guide - Network Install
inst.repo=http://10.32.5.1/mnt/archive/RHEL-7/7.x/Server/x86_64/os/
I guess the download page could be a little more clear :)
Fair enough ;-) Having been on both sides of the fence (as a customer and Red Hatter) I can assure you it can be tough to have the right perspective in mind when preparing docs (i.e. to put yourself in someone else's shoes). However, I know they are very receptive to suggested updates to the docs and web pages ;-)
I am continuing to look for an answer though. It would be great if the end-user could provide their RHN credentials and then point at a "public" repo for a network-based install.
Pro
607 points
Doesn't the RHEL webpage create a "tokenized" (for lack of a better word) URL for each download? Maybe there's a way of achieving something similar for a public network-install URL.
The web pages really need clarification, as does the help text you get in the installation screen. It should just flat out say "there is no URL provided by RedHat you can enter here, you must download the DVD images and either boot from them or put them somewhere accessible on your network." Then it can go on to explain how to tell the installer where to look for them on your network.
Better, of course, would be to actually provide a working URL to customers with support contracts. I did not even consider the possibility that RedHat would not do so. Every other linux distribution I've worked with does.
The download page definitely needs a clarification on this point. A single line of text regarding the limitations of each option would suffice.
This is a pretty huge UX failure.
Hello, I have raised a bug asking for "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Boot ISO" to be changed to "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Boot ISO (Requires additional repositories. See Installation Guide for Network Installation.)"
That won't help clarify things. The posters here think they are trying to do "a network install", and are still going to be wondering what URL to put in. You should instead change the description to something like "Linux 7.4 Minimal Boot ISO (Requires local software repository.)" The key here is the word "local", which will clue people in to the fact that there is no RedHat provided repository that can be used.
Hello, how about "Linux 7.4 Minimal Boot ISO (Requires local repository. See Installation Guide)".
Trying to keep it short but encourage the reader to see the Network Install section of the Installation Guide. I suppose a footnote could be added if more verbose information is required.
So I have the exact same issue as the originally stated issue. What is the exact download/download verbage that we need from the downloads page for the "entire DVD" in relation to the first comment made by James Radtke?
Thanks,
Jake
Having just done the install, I can report that the minimum requirement for installing RedHat Linux is the first of the two "binary DVD" images. You don't need the "supplementary" one if you have a contract, since once you've installed from the first you can register the machine and use yum to install everything else. I'm guessing you'd want the second one if you were doing an eval and didn't have a contract yet, but I'm not sure.
hi Please send me RHLE7.0 DVD Download exact Link.
I just ran into this same issue, so I hope to add some encouragement to change the wording since after nine months the download page still says nothing about needing a local repository installed.
I might also add that there is nothing indicating the difference between "DVD iso" and "RHEL". The DVD is RHEL, is it not? The "RHEL" item also does not indicate the size as the "Boot iso" and "DVD iso" lines do.
Hello, I have raised the priority of the bug opened for this issue and linked back to your comment. Sorry its a private bug (the default for internal tools).
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