Install without CD-ROM

[Gunnar Kramm]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 08:52:40AM -0600, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
> Abhik Das wrote:
> >How can we install Fedora core 2 / 3 without burning iso images to CD?
> 
> I guess you simply want to avoid downloading 2-3GB of ISO images?
> 
 
[ snip ]

Actually there is a way you can install Fedora core without a boot CD or a
boot USB device.

First you will need a copy of the boot.iso.
then mount it
(as root)
mount -o loop boot.iso /mnt

Next make a new dir in you /boot directory
mkdir /boot/upgrade

Next copy the contents of /mnt/isolinux to the directory you just created.
cp /mnt/isolinux /boot/upgrade

Finally modify your grub.conf to have to be able to boot from /boot/upgrade/
make it look something like this
title Fedora Core (Upgrade)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /upgrade/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
        initrd /upgrade/initrd.img



Now reboot
>From the Grub Menu choose 
Fedora Core (Upgrade)

Now you can follow the rest of the instructions in this thread.

> As soon as you get first Fedora splash screen, on boot prompt type 
> "linux askmethod".  Boot loader will load the kernel, than Anaconda 
> installer will start, and will ask you what installation method you wish 
> to use.  It will also ask you to configure your ethernet card (either 
> static config or DHCP can be used).  For network installs, you can 
> choose between NFS, FTP, and HTTP.  Choose FTP or HTTP (NFS is mostly 
> usefull if you have local copy of Fedora install tree exported over NFS) 
> and when asked just point it to your favorite Fedora mirror.  For 
> example, if Fedora installation tree is located at 
> http://foo.bar.com/mirrors/fedora/3/i386/os/, than you would provide 
> this to Anaconda:
> 
>    host: foo.bar.com
>    dir:  /mirrors/fedora/3/i386/os
> 
> Check http://fedora.redhat.com/ for list of mirror sites, and choose the 
> one closest to you.  All of them should have i386 directory somewhere, 
> each with os and iso subdirectories.  Installation tree is under os 
> subdirectory.
> 
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