en_US/other-instmethods.xml
David Nalley
ke4qqq at fedoraproject.org
Sun Nov 23 18:13:08 UTC 2008
en_US/other-instmethods.xml | 19 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 4787c12d383f0a9c34ea9433241b31862145029c
Author: David Nalley <david at gnsa.us>
Date: Sun Nov 23 13:10:38 2008 -0500
updating content for hard drive install to other-instmethods.xml to close bz 463486
diff --git a/en_US/other-instmethods.xml b/en_US/other-instmethods.xml
index c50c83f..0ddbef1 100644
--- a/en_US/other-instmethods.xml
+++ b/en_US/other-instmethods.xml
@@ -78,11 +78,22 @@
<para>
Once you have booted your computer, you may use ISO image files of
the &FED; discs to continue the installation process. The ISO
- files must be located on a hard drive that is either internal to
- the computer, or attached to the machine by USB. Use this option
- to install &FC; on computers that have neither a network
- connection nor CD or DVD drives.
+ files must be located on a hard drive that is either internal to
+ the computer, or attached to the machine by USB. In addition the
+ <filename>install.img</filename> file from within the ISO files
+ must be copied to a directory named
+ <filename classname="directory">images</filename classname="directory">
+ Use this option to install &FC; on computers
+ that without a network connection or CD/DVD drives.
</para>
+ <para>
+ To extract the install.img from the iso follow the procedure:
+ </para>
+ <screen>
+ <command><![CDATA[mount -t iso9660 /path/to/Fedora10.iso /mnt/point -o loop]]></command>
+ <command><![CDATA[cp -a /mnt/point/images /path/images/]]></command>
+ <command><![CDATA[umount /mnt/point]]></command>
+ </screen>
<para>
The partition on the hard drive holding the ISO files must be
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