hi...
is there a way for me to do a graphical install of FC3 on a system that has no CD drive. I have the isos for the FC3 install CDs, and i can copy them onto another system in my network.
I'd like to be able to use the graphical installation to upgrade the system...
any ideas/pointers as to how to go about doing this?
thanks
bruce bedouglas@earthlink.net
On Thursday 28 April 2005 18:06, bruce wrote:
hi...
is there a way for me to do a graphical install of FC3 on a system that has no CD drive. I have the isos for the FC3 install CDs, and i can copy them onto another system in my network.
I'd like to be able to use the graphical installation to upgrade the system...
any ideas/pointers as to how to go about doing this?
is the system you wish to install capable of network booting? or can it boot from a USB key?
the system already has RH8 on it...
it can easily be reconnected to my network... but i'm not sure what to do after that...
given the difference betwen RH8/FC3 with partitions/file types/etc.. i wanted to use the gui..
is it possible to do this remotely?
thanks
bruce
-----Original Message----- From: Stuart Sears [mailto:stuart@sjsears.com] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 10:11 AM To: bedouglas@earthlink.net; For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: installing FC3 over the network...
On Thursday 28 April 2005 18:06, bruce wrote:
hi...
is there a way for me to do a graphical install of FC3 on a system that
has
no CD drive. I have the isos for the FC3 install CDs, and i can copy them onto another system in my network.
I'd like to be able to use the graphical installation to upgrade the system...
any ideas/pointers as to how to go about doing this?
is the system you wish to install capable of network booting? or can it boot from a USB key?
-- Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX RTFM -- If there was any justice in the world, "trust" would be a four-letter word.
On 4/28/05, bruce bedouglas@earthlink.net wrote:
the system already has RH8 on it...
it can easily be reconnected to my network... but i'm not sure what to do after that...
given the difference betwen RH8/FC3 with partitions/file types/etc.. i wanted to use the gui..
is it possible to do this remotely?
thanks
bruce
It can be done. Copy the files vmlinuz and initrd.img from the isolinux directory on CD1 of Fedora Core into /boot on the RH8 box. Modify the /boot/grub/grub.conf so that it has the following stanza in it:
title Install FC kernel /vmlinuz initrd /initrd.img
Then reboot your RH8 machine. You will get a menu choice at tge GRUB menu to install FC. Choose that, and the installer will start. You can point it to a network resource (NFS, http, ftp, whatever you set up) and go to town.
Hope this helps. Thomas
On 4/28/05, linux.whiz@gmail.com linux.whiz@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/28/05, bruce bedouglas@earthlink.net wrote:
the system already has RH8 on it...
it can easily be reconnected to my network... but i'm not sure what to do after that...
given the difference betwen RH8/FC3 with partitions/file types/etc.. i wanted to use the gui..
is it possible to do this remotely?
thanks
bruce
It can be done. Copy the files vmlinuz and initrd.img from the isolinux directory on CD1 of Fedora Core into /boot on the RH8 box. Modify the /boot/grub/grub.conf so that it has the following stanza in it:
title Install FC kernel /vmlinuz initrd /initrd.img
Then reboot your RH8 machine. You will get a menu choice at the GRUB menu to install FC. Choose that, and the installer will start. You can point it to a network resource (NFS, http, ftp, whatever you set up) and go to town.
Hope this helps. Thomas
Whoops - make that:
title Install FC root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz ramdisk_size=8192 initrd /initrd.img
Sorry about that. I left out the root (hd0,1) line. That line means that the partition mounted as /boot is on hard drive 0 and it is the first partition.
Thomas
hi...
took a look at what you provided. i can't see how this gets me to being able to remotely use the fedora install gui on my server.
remember, i'd like to install fedora on the remote server, using my system to remotely install FC on the remote system.
-bruce
-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com]On Behalf Of linux.whiz@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 2:05 PM To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: installing FC3 over the network...
On 4/28/05, linux.whiz@gmail.com linux.whiz@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/28/05, bruce bedouglas@earthlink.net wrote:
the system already has RH8 on it...
it can easily be reconnected to my network... but i'm not sure what to
do
after that...
given the difference betwen RH8/FC3 with partitions/file types/etc.. i wanted to use the gui..
is it possible to do this remotely?
thanks
bruce
It can be done. Copy the files vmlinuz and initrd.img from the isolinux directory on CD1 of Fedora Core into /boot on the RH8 box. Modify the /boot/grub/grub.conf so that it has the following stanza in it:
title Install FC kernel /vmlinuz initrd /initrd.img
Then reboot your RH8 machine. You will get a menu choice at the GRUB menu to install FC. Choose that, and the installer will start. You can point it to a network resource (NFS, http, ftp, whatever you set up) and go to town.
Hope this helps. Thomas
Whoops - make that:
title Install FC root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz ramdisk_size=8192 initrd /initrd.img
Sorry about that. I left out the root (hd0,1) line. That line means that the partition mounted as /boot is on hard drive 0 and it is the first partition.
Thomas
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I would look at installing yum and using yum to do this. I know, not GUI, but that's a good way to do it.
On 4/28/05, bruce bedouglas@earthlink.net wrote:
hi...
took a look at what you provided. i can't see how this gets me to being able to remotely use the fedora install gui on my server.
remember, i'd like to install fedora on the remote server, using my system to remotely install FC on the remote system.
-bruce
-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com]On Behalf Of linux.whiz@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 2:05 PM To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: installing FC3 over the network...
On 4/28/05, linux.whiz@gmail.com linux.whiz@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/28/05, bruce bedouglas@earthlink.net wrote:
the system already has RH8 on it...
it can easily be reconnected to my network... but i'm not sure what to
do
after that...
given the difference betwen RH8/FC3 with partitions/file types/etc.. i wanted to use the gui..
is it possible to do this remotely?
thanks
bruce
It can be done. Copy the files vmlinuz and initrd.img from the isolinux directory on CD1 of Fedora Core into /boot on the RH8 box. Modify the /boot/grub/grub.conf so that it has the following stanza in it:
title Install FC kernel /vmlinuz initrd /initrd.img
Then reboot your RH8 machine. You will get a menu choice at the GRUB menu to install FC. Choose that, and the installer will start. You can point it to a network resource (NFS, http, ftp, whatever you set up) and go to town.
Hope this helps. Thomas
Whoops - make that:
title Install FC root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz ramdisk_size=8192 initrd /initrd.img
Sorry about that. I left out the root (hd0,1) line. That line means that the partition mounted as /boot is on hard drive 0 and it is the first partition.
Thomas
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