Online Installation of FC3

[Partho Protim Paul]

doesnt fedorax have 
boot : linux askmethod mode ??

On 5/13/05, bruce <bedouglas at earthlink.net> wrote:
> manish,
> 
> the process of going from RH8 -> FC3 is doable, but it takes
> time/preparation. this assumes your system that you want to update is
> connected to a network, and only has a floppy.
> 
> to begin:
>  -make sure your system has RH already installed.
>  -make sure you've gotten your files/disk backed up
>  -get your disk structure 'df -haT'
>  -get the files from the FC3 isos and decide where you
>   want to install them from (http/ftp)
>  -you need to mount the iso files and copy the the resulting files to
>   a given location under the http/ftp directory
>   (mount -o loop /iso /tmpdir)
>   -the tmpdir will then contain the files from the iso, copy these files to
>    the location under the http/ftp dir where you want them to be. basically,
>    you're going to have a dir with a lot of rpm files
>   -do this for each of the FC3 iso files
>  -you'll also need to get the image files from the FCS iso1/isolinux...
>   and copy it to the RH system's /boot dir.. these should be vmlinuz/initrd*
>  -the basic structure of the http/ftp dir will be:
>     -fc
>        -isolinux
>        -Fedora
>           -base
>           -rpms
>  -on your RH system, (assumes you're using grub), add another option for the
> new
>   system you want to install
>  -you can pretty much copy an existing one, and change the information in
> the new
>   one to point to the new/FC3 vm/init files that you copied over..
>  -you also need to either change the grub file to automaticaally point to
> the
>   new entry, or you can select it from the install/boot menu at the start of
>   the process...
> 
> 
>  these are pretty much the basic instructions in order to get you
> up/running...
> 
> 
>  now, if you're dealing with a new system, you might run into weird issues
> with the
>  monitor, or with running as a headless install...
> 
> good luck!!
> 
> have fun
> -bruce
> bedouglas at earthlink.net
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of manish kumar
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 1:07 AM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Online Installation of FC3
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
>   I want to install FC3 but I wanted it to be done online. I was not able to
> find anything on "http://fedora.redhat.com/" which can guide me to install
> it online. If anybody of you know how to do that, then please tell me how to
> proceed.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Manish.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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