Any way to install new Fedora on second drive of a running system?

[Chris Snook]

B Wooster wrote:
> I wonder if this can be done - I'm have a system that is running Fedora Core 7.
> 
> I want to avoid shutting down and rebooting and spending the hours to
> install Fedora 10 on this.
> 
> I do have a second drive in this system that is not being used.
> 
> So, wondering if I could run some special install program, that
> formats, partitions the second drive, installs Fedora 10, allows me to
> select and update and install packages.
> 
> Then after I'm done, I'll just boot using the second drive.
> 
> Is this possible?
> 

The short answer is no.  The long answer is yes, but it's way more trouble than 
it's worth.  Last time I checked, installing F10 only took a few minutes.  Just 
wait until you've booted up into it before you install every single package in 
the distro.

-- Chris