booting from DVD image on hard drive partition

[Michael Hennebry]

I really hate it when the assumption that I
am stupid gets in the way of communication.

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, jackson byers wrote:

> Michael,
> Your responses have me more and more confused as to exactly
> what you are trying to do:

Install F16.

>> My machine can still boot from my FC13 installation disk.
>> I copied FC13's vmlinuz to a hard drive and
>> tried again with the grub command line.
>
>> I have F14 installed, but F13 is the most recent DVD I can find.
>
> why are you booting from F13 installation disk if you have F14 installed?
> why do you need to find the F14 DVD?

On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, Michael Hennebry wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, jackson byers wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>> did you follow the Andras->Tom Horsley link?
>
> Yes.  See my previous reply.
> I've done some *experimenting* since.
> My machine can still boot from my FC13 installation disk.

*Emphasis* added.

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, jackson byers wrote:
>
> Does this mean:
> --you do not have F13 installed?
> --your F14 install is somehow broken?

It means that I have precisely one install disk that I can boot.
'Tisn't one I want.

> What version of  installed-fedora are you operating from?

F14.

> What version of fedora is the iso you are extracting from?

F16.

> the hdinstall, as per Horsley, and as per fedoraproject:
> is meant to operate from an already existing fedora system,
> which you don't seem to have.

On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> My machine is 32 bit.  Its cpu is a pentium 4.
> [hennebry at localhost ~]$ uname -a
> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.35.14-106.fc14.i686.PAE #1 SMP Wed Nov 23
> 13:39:51 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

>> Chapter 12. Installing Without Media
>
>> 12.1. Retrieving Boot Files
>> 12.2. Editing the GRUB Configuration
>> 12.3. Booting to Installation
>
>> Linux Required
>> This procedure assumes you are already using Fedora or another relatively modern >Linux distribution, and the GRUB boot loader. It also assumes you are a somewhat >experienced Linux user.
>
>> This section discusses how to install Fedora on your system without making any >additional physical media. Instead, you can use your existing GRUB boot loader to start >the installation program
>
> Note:"  without making any additional physical media", i.e, no DVD, just the iso
> Note: "use your existing GRUB boot loader"

It assumes that I have grub2.  I don't.
That is why I didn't use it.
I did try the prescribed minimal CD.