installing FC3 over the network...

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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 tge 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