It’s been a while since I attempted a fresh install of IPFire and even though I’ve downloaded a full install, it’s requiring a download over the Internet. Cancel is the only other option.
Is there a way around this? I tried several different recent builds on different hardware and two different USB drives.
I boot into the installer and when I choose to install it asks to download the installer image. If I click cancel the install ends. I have to hook up to an internet connection to install but I’ve not had to do that in the past.
It seems you’re describing something else.
I usually have a pc with 2 network cards, I d/l the ipfire iso, burn it into a usb and boot the pc from the usb. It installs ipfire on the pc. Then, I can run setup and configure the interfaces and other details.
That’s exactly what’s happened for me every other time I’ve done an IPFire install in the past. That’s why I’m confused.
See this page, wiki.ipfire.org - Installation
there are steps how to d/l the iso, how to burn the iso into a usb stick (provides howtos if you’re on Windows or Linux), and how to run the ipfire installer, how to run setup, etc.
I’ve gone through all of that. Next time I do an install I’ll take some screenshots and share.
I switched to IPFire a couple years ago but used IPCop for years before that. Not sure what’s changed recently or what obvious step I’m missing but this is different.
If the Installer ask for a download it cannot read/detect the media. There are two possible reasons:
Definitely used dd but could be the thumb drives. I tried two different brands but they were pretty large. So maybe you are into something.