installing FC3 over the network...

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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 at 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 at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of linux.whiz at gmail.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 2:05 PM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: installing FC3 over the network...
> 
> On 4/28/05, linux.whiz at gmail.com <linux.whiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/28/05, bruce <bedouglas at 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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