On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 19:33:26 -0700
stan <stanl-fedorauser(a)vfemail.net> wrote:
On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 00:30:52 +0000 (UTC)
"Amadeus W.M." <amadeus84(a)verizon.net> wrote:
> I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
> reference on how to install directly from the hard disk, without
> media. Is this still possible? None of my pcs boot off of a usb
> stick and the cdrom I think is failing on one of them, so I really
> need to install from the disk. Any suggestions? Thanks!
If you can install from the network, you could use a bfo install.
https://boot.fedoraproject.org/
It downloads everything needed in real time, and installs it. I did a
minimal install, and then upgraded it using the fedora repositories
once it was live.
I encountered some problems with timeouts because of a slow
connection, but I think those are fixed now. Once it starts, it's
just like installing from media.
A long time ago, I remember putting an ISO on the hard drive and using
it to install from, but I've forgotten exactly how I did it. I
think I used kickstart, and pointed to the ISO.
If you want to use only the network, you need to download bfo.lkrn and
put it in /boot.
rw-r--r--. 1 0 0 system_u:object_r:boot_t:s0 302675 Mar 1 07:56
bfo.lkrn
Then put this stanza in your /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
menuentry 'Boot BFO' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
linux16 /bfo.lkrn
}
That will give you a way to start the bfo install while you are
booting, because you can then select it from the boot menu. You'll
have to increase the timeout to 5 or 10 seconds, and hit a key during
boot to bring up the menu.