how to install FC6 without cdrom? my cdrom is no longer working...floppy works, bios too old to boot from usb flash; computer does have usb though

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Hi;

How to install FC6 without cdrom?  my cdrom is no longer working...floppy
works, bios too old to boot from usb flash; computer does have usb though;

I've been trying to setup a ftp or http install but I haven't got that
working yet either...

Thanks,
Ken Wolcott

[Raina Otoni]

You can try network boot with PXE.
You will need following.
  NIC supporting PXE
  PXE server

Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> Hi;
>
> How to install FC6 without cdrom?  my cdrom is no longer 
> working...floppy works, bios too old to boot from usb flash; computer 
> does have usb though;
>
> I've been trying to setup a ftp or http install but I haven't got that 
> working yet either...
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott

[Charles Curley]

My, that's a long subject line.

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 05:42:31PM -0600, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> Hi;
>      How to install FC6 without cdrom?  my cdrom is no longer working...floppy
>    works, bios too old to boot from usb flash; computer does have usb though;
>      I've been trying to setup a ftp or http install but I haven't got that
>    working yet either...

How about a small partition on the hard drive with the flash disk
image on it? I've not tried it, though. Getting it there and making it
bootable will be the trick. I'd use tomsrtbt. Don't forget to mark the
partition as bootable.

Then an external DVD/CD drive or hard drive should do you. Your
computer is probably old enough that its USB port is USB 1.x. If so,
the installation will be slow.
> Thanks,
>    Ken Wolcott
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How can one install Fedora without a DVD or CDROM available from iso images? (grub entry?)

[Jim Cornette]

Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> Hi;
>
> How to install FC6 without cdrom?  my cdrom is no longer 
> working...floppy works, bios too old to boot from usb flash; computer 
> does have usb though;
>
> I've been trying to setup a ftp or http install but I haven't got that 
> working yet either...
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott

Not too long ago someone posted a response to a way you could mount the 
dvd image and extract the installation kernel as a choice within grub. 
You put the vmlinuz and initrd.img from the install media and add an 
entry in grub to boot the installation.

I cannot find the posting from the archive but it should be there somewhere.

Maybe we need "super beagle" as a search engine for the fedora user list 
archives. :-)

I'll change the subject to get attention from the person that had the 
solution.

Jim

How can one install Fedora without a DVD or CDROM available from iso images? (grub entry?)

[Genes MailLists]

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 21:19, Jim Cornette wrote:
> Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> > How to install FC6 without cdrom?  my cdrom is no longer
>
> Not too long ago someone posted a response to a way you could mount the
> dvd image and extract the installation kernel as a choice within grub.
> You put the vmlinuz and initrd.img from the install media and add an
> entry in grub to boot the installation.

Copied from article on  headless installs - assuming you have linux working 
you can boot from grub as follows.

Essentially, you boot the install via grub by copying the kernel from cd or 
dvd -  for example:

[loop mount DVD or 1st CD like so]
mkdir /mnt/tmp
# mount -o loop /mnt/Name/linux/redhat/fc6/FC-6-i386-DVD.iso /mnt/tmp

[create a /boot/fc6 and copy what we  need]

# mkdir /boot/fc6
# cd /boot/fc6
# cp /mnt/tmp/isolinux/vmlinuz fc6 .
# cp /mnt/tmp/isolinux/initrd.img fc6 .
# umount /mnt/tmp

Now create a grub install entry such this
[copy the root xxx from your working current linux]

title Fedora Core 6 Install
        root xxx-fixme
        kernel /boot/fc6/vmlinuz
        initrd /boot/fc6/initrd.img

Then you can install from you hard disk (dvd or isos need to be in their own 
partition (not root), or via nfs, or http or ftp.

good luck.

gene/

How can one install Fedora without a DVD or CDROM available from iso images? (grub entry?)

[Jim Cornette]

Mail List wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 January 2007 21:19, Jim Cornette wrote:
> > Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> > > How to install FC6 without cdrom?  my cdrom is no longer
> >
> > Not too long ago someone posted a response to a way you could mount the
> > dvd image and extract the installation kernel as a choice within grub.
> > You put the vmlinuz and initrd.img from the install media and add an
> > entry in grub to boot the installation.
>
> Copied from article on  headless installs - assuming you have linux working 
> you can boot from grub as follows.
>
> Essentially, you boot the install via grub by copying the kernel from cd or 
> dvd -  for example:
>
> [loop mount DVD or 1st CD like so]
> mkdir /mnt/tmp
> # mount -o loop /mnt/Name/linux/redhat/fc6/FC-6-i386-DVD.iso /mnt/tmp
>
> [create a /boot/fc6 and copy what we  need]
>
> # mkdir /boot/fc6
> # cd /boot/fc6
> # cp /mnt/tmp/isolinux/vmlinuz fc6 .
> # cp /mnt/tmp/isolinux/initrd.img fc6 .
> # umount /mnt/tmp
>
> Now create a grub install entry such this
> [copy the root xxx from your working current linux]
>
> title Fedora Core 6 Install
>         root xxx-fixme
>         kernel /boot/fc6/vmlinuz
>         initrd /boot/fc6/initrd.img
>
> Then you can install from you hard disk (dvd or isos need to be in their own 
> partition (not root), or via nfs, or http or ftp.
>
> good luck.
>
> gene/

Thanks Gene for the info. I could not locate it in the archives.

Jim

How can one install Fedora without a DVD or CDROM available from iso images? (grub entry?)

[Dylan Semler]

On 1/24/07, Jim Cornette  wrote:
> Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> > Hi;
> >
> > How to install FC6 without cdrom?  my cdrom is no longer
> > working...floppy works, bios too old to boot from usb flash; computer
> > does have usb though;
> >
> > I've been trying to setup a ftp or http install but I haven't got that
> > working yet either...

There's not much setting up involved with doing an http/ftp install.  Just
remember to write down the address of a near by fedora mirror (
http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html) and the path to the os
directory before you start, ie.

http://redhat.secsup.org/fedora/core/6/i386/os/  (or whatever architecture
you have).

What I like about this install method is I don't waste blank CDs and I don't
have to monitor the install and swap CDs when prompted.  I can start the
process before going to bed, and it'll be done installing in the morning.  I
haven't burned an ISO since FC3.

Also, I really hate CDs and I can't wait for the world to move on from this
technology.

[potat0]

Quote:
Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
Hi;

How to install FC6 without cdrom?  my cdrom is no longer
working...floppy
works, bios too old to boot from usb flash; computer does have usb
though;

I've been trying to setup a ftp or http install but I
haven't got that
working yet either...

Thanks,
Ken Wolcott
Here is a link to a way to install from the CD or DVD image files.
http://www.askapache.com/2006/security/install-multiple-os-without-cds.html
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