Network Install

[John Austin]

On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 11:45 +0100, John Austin wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 07:33 -0300, Celso Viana wrote:
> > >
> > > From my F17 notes to myself
> > >
> > > F17 NFS install as follows
> > > On first screen following boot hit ESC and type "linux
> > > repo=nfsiso:192.168.1.5:/global/db/sw/F17"
> > >
> > > Standard NFS install then works cleanly
> > >
> > >
> > > For other installation methods
> > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Installation_Guide/ap-admin-options.html
> > >
> > >
> > > John
> > >
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> > I've tested this way. The problem is that the installation hangs the
> > CD / DVD installation. With the method "askmethod" I started up the
> > installation and after initiation could remove the boot media and use
> > it on another machine.
> > 
> 
> Hmmm
> 
> Not tried that !
> 
> At some earlier Fx releases you "had" to remove the media to
> get it to use the network
> 
> I have the boot stage on a USB stick
> 
Aside

I have only installed F17 once, fully updated it and
installed all the repos and apps I require and then cloned
the partition[s] to other disks.

For my simple requirements this made life a lot easier and quicker
A dump/restore of a fully configured unmounted F17 partition to
an other partition on a different drive takes
about 2minutes 30sec (SSD to SSD)
Then you need to conquer grub2 !
I have a write up if anyone is interested
John