Installing FC from HDD image

[Ali Helmy]

Hey mates,

I have the FC5 DVD iso image on my WinXP computer, at [C:/FC DVD] and the
extracted version of that image at [ C:/FC DVD/Extracted], where C is my
only partition on my primary HDD (which I think should be hda1, right?)

So when I load up Grub using [vmlinuz] and [ startrd.img], it asks me for
the source of the installation media (you know the menu with Local CD-ROM,
NFS image, HDD image, FTP, HTTP). When I choose HDD image, it presents me
with three options (even though I only have two HDDs); namely [ /dev/hda1] [
/dev/hdb1] and [/dev/hdb2]

I tried entering [ /FC DVD/] or [/FC DVD/Extracted/] with and without the
start and ending slashes, with all of the three available HDD options, but
it always gives me:
Error: Failed to read directory /tmp/hdimage/Fedora DVD: No such file or
directory...
followed by
Error: Device /dev/hda1 does not seem to contain Fedora CD images

So, what is wrong? and If there should be another procedure to install FC5
from my computer, please tell me... I already have the DVD iso downloaded

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[Markku Kolkka]

Ali Helmy kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 15. 
huhtikuuta 2006 01:37):
>  I have the FC5 DVD iso image on my WinXP computer, at [C:/FC
>  DVD] and the extracted version of that image at [ C:/FC
>  DVD/Extracted], where C is my only partition on my primary HDD 
Is it a _FAT32_ partition? Remember, Fedora doesn't come with 
NTFS drivers.

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[David Timms]

Markku Kolkka wrote:
>  Ali Helmy kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 15. 
>  huhtikuuta 2006 01:37):
> > I have the FC5 DVD iso image on my WinXP computer, at [C:/FC
> > DVD] and the extracted version of that image at [ C:/FC
> > DVD/Extracted], where C is my only partition on my primary HDD
>  
>  Is it a _FAT32_ partition? Remember, Fedora doesn't come with 
>  NTFS drivers. 
If it is FAT32, it could be folder names that have spaces are causing

problems.
If NTFS (winxp default!), then you might be able to create a fat32 
partition on your second hard disk, just big enough to hold the iso 
image, or make a dvd to boot/install from.

DaveT.

[Ali Helmy]

On 15/04/06, David Timms <dtimms(a)bigpond.net.au&gt; wrote:
>  Markku Kolkka wrote:
>  > Ali Helmy kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 15.
>  > huhtikuuta 2006 01:37):
>  >> I have the FC5 DVD iso image on my WinXP computer, at [C:/FC
>  >> DVD] and the extracted version of that image at [ C:/FC
>  >> DVD/Extracted], where C is my only partition on my primary HDD
>  >
>  > Is it a _FAT32_ partition? Remember, Fedora doesn't come with
>  > NTFS drivers.
>  If it is FAT32, it could be folder names that have spaces are causing
>  problems.
>  If NTFS (winxp default!), then you might be able to create a fat32
>  partition on your second hard disk, just big enough to hold the iso
>  image, or make a dvd to boot/install from.
>
>  DaveT.
>
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Ahh, you were right... the HDD has a single NTFS partition... I'll reformat
part of it into Fat32, store the dvd image there, and tell you what
happens... but which one should I transfer? the .iso image, or the extracted
folder?

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[Ali Helmy]

On 15/04/06, Ali Helmy <alihelmy(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  On 15/04/06, David Timms <dtimms(a)bigpond.net.au&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  > Markku Kolkka wrote:
>  > > Ali Helmy kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 15.
>  > > huhtikuuta 2006 01:37):
>  > >> I have the FC5 DVD iso image on my WinXP computer, at [C:/FC
>  > >> DVD] and the extracted version of that image at [ C:/FC
>  > >> DVD/Extracted], where C is my only partition on my primary HDD
>  > >
>  > > Is it a _FAT32_ partition? Remember, Fedora doesn't come with
>  > > NTFS drivers.
>  > If it is FAT32, it could be folder names that have spaces are causing
>  > problems.
>  > If NTFS (winxp default!), then you might be able to create a fat32
>  > partition on your second hard disk, just big enough to hold the iso
>  > image, or make a dvd to boot/install from.
>  >
>  > DaveT.
>  >
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>
>  Ahh, you were right... the HDD has a single NTFS partition... I'll
>  reformat part of it into Fat32, store the dvd image there, and tell you what
>  happens... but which one should I transfer? the .iso image, or the extracted
>  folder?
>
>
>  --
>  Cheers,
>       A. Helmy
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>  ==================
>  
Ok, so I formated a partition of my second HDD [A total of three partitions
on two HDDs] into FAT32, and then transferred both the original .iso and the
directory extracted from it [which i renamed FedoraDVD] onto this partition

Now, during installation it identifies that I have four partitions
/dev/
hda1
hdb1
hdb2
hdb5

But can't seem to find the CD image on any of them... now what is going
wrong this time?

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[Timothy Murphy]

Ali Helmy wrote:

>  Ok, so I formated a partition of my second HDD [A total of three
>  partitions on two HDDs] into FAT32, and then transferred both the original
>  .iso and the directory extracted from it [which i renamed FedoraDVD] onto
>  this partition
>  
>  Now, during installation it identifies that I have four partitions
>  /dev/
>  hda1
>  hdb1
>  hdb2
>  hdb5
>  
>  But can't seem to find the CD image on any of them... now what is going
>  wrong this time? 
What exactly are you using to boot the system?
I abstracted boot.iso from the images directory on the first CD,
and burned this to a CD;
after booting from this, and responding "linux askmethod" to the prompt
I was able to access the ISOs on my hard disk.

Nb You have to give the directory name without any prefix,
eg FedoraDVD not /dev/hdb1/FedoraDVD .

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[Ali Helmy]

On 18/04/06, Timothy Murphy <tim(a)birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie&gt; wrote:
>  Ali Helmy wrote:
>
>  > Ok, so I formated a partition of my second HDD [A total of three
>  > partitions on two HDDs] into FAT32, and then transferred both the
>  original
>  > .iso and the directory extracted from it [which i renamed FedoraDVD]
>  onto
>  > this partition
>  >
>  > Now, during installation it identifies that I have four partitions
>  > /dev/
>  > hda1
>  > hdb1
>  > hdb2
>  > hdb5
>  >
>  > But can't seem to find the CD image on any of them... now what is going
>  > wrong this time?
>
>  What exactly are you using to boot the system?
>  I abstracted boot.iso from the images directory on the first CD,
>  and burned this to a CD;
>  after booting from this, and responding "linux askmethod" to the prompt
>  I was able to access the ISOs on my hard disk.
>
>  Nb You have to give the directory name without any prefix,
>  eg FedoraDVD not /dev/hdb1/FedoraDVD .
>
>  --
>  Timothy Murphy
>  e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
>  tel: [phone]
>  s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
>
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Sorry for the VERY late reply...

I have GRUB with vmlinuz and initrd.iso to boot...

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