Now with FC11 -- RE: FC10 install will not offer 'askmethod'

[Jim]

On 10/29/2009 05:08 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> Kam Leo wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Robert Moskowitz 
>>> <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am now trying a FC11 install, I tried the recommendation below 
>>>> that worked
>>>> with FC10, to press tab then enter askmethod.  But this did not 
>>>> work.  It
>>>> went right along to install from CD, not giving me the option to 
>>>> point it to
>>>> my local http repo server....
>>>>
>>>> Aldo Foot wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Robert Moskowitz<rgm at htt-consult.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am doing yet another install, this time on a Dell SFF with an 
>>>>>> internal
>>>>>> CD.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I want to do a network install from my local repo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With older Redhat stuff, I did a 'linux askmethod' at the enter 
>>>>>> prompt.
>>>>>>  I
>>>>>> have noticed with FC10, that I would frequently not be given the 
>>>>>> chance
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> press enter, let alone type in the above command, but I would be 
>>>>>> given a
>>>>>> menu that would allow me to supply a URL anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well on this system I go right to the menu about
>>>>>> install/recover/bootlocal/memcheck and from here it goes into the 
>>>>>> install
>>>>>> from CD without ever being given the option to provide the URL of my
>>>>>> local
>>>>>> repo.  Even if I let it go all the way to where you can provide 
>>>>>> which
>>>>>> repos
>>>>>> to load from, I cannot see how to point the installation repo to my
>>>>>> network
>>>>>> one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have tried various combinations of F1, F2, F3 at that startup 
>>>>>> menu, but
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> never can get it to a point to let me provide the URL of my repo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am I going to have to use a USB CD drive to trick it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> _____
>>>>>
>>>>> Try with the TAB key as suggested here.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10/en_US/What_is_New_for_Installation_and_Live_Images.html 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ~af
>>>
>>> I have no problem with either the F11 net-install CD or DVD. Which one
>>> of the ISO images (Live-CD, CD-disc 1, net-install, or DVD) did you
>>> use?
>>
>> It is the FC11 CD 1 that I downloaded back in August.
>>
>> I hit tab, got the prompt for the image load (don't have it in front 
>> of me, so I don't have exact details), entered:
>>
>> <space>askmethod
>>
>>
>> and pressed <enter> and it went on its merry way, not asking for any 
>> method....
>>
>> I can try again... 
>
> And this time it 'worked'.
>
> Now I have to figure out how to deal with the small screen that the 
> Eee 701 has...
>
I hav a E 701, you won't have any problem , just be sure it's setup for 
800x600.