How to install F-17 -

[Bob Goodwin]

I've made two live xfce spin usb sticks, neither works. So I
    installed S-L 6.2 from a USB stick that does work. Now my problem is
    to install Fedora 17 instead.

I would like to install directly from the internet but my efforts at
    googling that have been unproductive. The computer has no CD/DVD
    drive so that method is out. It appears to be USB or nothing and I
    haven't been able to make that work.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Bob

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[Suvayu Ali]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
 wrote:
> I would like to install directly from the internet but my efforts at
>   googling that have been unproductive. The computer has no CD/DVD
>   drive so that method is out. It appears to be USB or nothing and I
>   haven't been able to make that work.

Download the Live CD, use the liveusb-creator to write the image to a
USB drive. Boot from it.

[Bob Goodwin]

On 31/05/12 05:33, suvayu ali wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
>   wrote:
> > I would like to install directly from the internet but my efforts at
> >    googling that have been unproductive. The computer has no CD/DVD
> >    drive so that method is out. It appears to be USB or nothing and I
> >    haven't been able to make that work.
>
> Download the Live CD, use the liveusb-creator to write the image to a
> USB drive. Boot from it.

Yes, I always do that. I've made two copies, neither will boot.
        What else can I do, seems I should be able to install directly
        from the internet perhaps?

--- Em qui, 31/5/12, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA  escreveu:
> De: Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA 
> Assunto: Re: How to install F-17 -
> Para: [e-mail]
> Data: Quinta-feira, 31 de Maio de 2012, 6:41
> On 31/05/12 05:33, suvayu ali wrote:
> > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni,
>
> Virginia, USA
> >
>
> wrote:
> > > I would like to install directly from
>
> the internet but my efforts at
> > > googling that have been unproductive.
>
> The computer has no CD/DVD
> > > drive so that method is out. It
>
> appears to be USB or nothing and I
> > > haven't been able to make that work.
> >
> > Download the Live CD, use the liveusb-creator to write
>
> the image to a
> > USB drive. Boot from it.
>
> Yes, I always do that. I've
> made two copies, neither will boot.
>        What else can I do, seems I
> should be able to install directly
>        from the internet perhaps?

Look, if you have a working grub2 then you can boot the iso from the HD.
I've been booting it many times the F17 Xfce spin so I could compare with my F17 Xfce install.
Follow the guide at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=278732
(basically the first post but you need to use /isolinux/ instead of /EFI/boot/ as described in the third post).

I haven't tried installing by this method but I would think that if you put the ISO in a separate partition then maybe you would have no problem installing it to a different partition.

[Edward M]

On 05/31/2012 02:41 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> Yes, I always do that. I've made two copies, neither will boot.
>        What else can I do, seems I should be able to install directly
>        from the internet perhaps?

not tested myself but it may work

Creating a bootable USB from an iso

http://squirreling.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/creating-a-bootable-usb-from-an-...

[Bob Goodwin]

On 31/05/12 06:06, Edward M wrote:
> On 05/31/2012 02:41 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> > Yes, I always do that. I've made two copies, neither will boot.
> >        What else can I do, seems I should be able to install directly
> >        from the internet perhaps?
>
> not tested myself but it may work
> Creating a bootable USB from an iso
>
> http://squirreling.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/creating-a-bootable-usb-from-an-...

I solved the problem by installing the hard drive in another
        computer that recognized the usb stick and installing from
        there. The drive is presently back in the new computer and doing
        a yum update of F-17.

Thanks,

Bob