On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 19:50:27 -0700, stan wrote:
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.
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Oh, so I don't have to write the bfo file to any media? That's excellent,
that's what I'm looking for. Yes, I can install over the network, as long
as I can boot the installation from hard disk. In fact I think once the
installation is started one can also point the installer to an iso file
on disk with the inst.repo boot option.