Re: specifying addon_product URL

Hi,

On Wed, Nov 14, Jochen Schaefer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> following situation: we need to mount an isoimage from a USB device during
> installation.
> Following media URL is working for us:
> 
> <media_url><![CDATA[iso:/?iso=SLES11-SP1-Updates-PROD.iso&url=hd:///products/
> isos/?device=/dev/sda1]]></media_url>
> 
> Unfortunately this method relies on device names like sda. In rare situations
> we need to plug two usb devices into the server. At this point sda would change
> to sdb.
> 
> We are searching a solution where we can specify the LABEL of the ISO image
> like described at opensuse.org/linuxrc
> 
> install=hd:/?device=*label/foo
> 
> we tried following URL:
> <media_url><![CDATA[iso:/?iso=SLES11-SP2-Updates-PROD.iso&url=hd:/products/isos
> /?device=*label/DTM2]]></media_url>
> 
> blkid shows the right Label. But that didn't work.
> 
> Does anybody know how to specify the URL such we can mount an ISO via Label?

Udev creates links for all bock devices containing a label in /dev/disk/by-label.
Sou you could use device=/dev/disk/by-label/<labelname> instead of 
device=/dev/sda1. 

Tschuess, 
	Thomas Fehr
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