Installing F11 from local hard drive

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On 07/05/2009 12:30 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:

> Gene,
> 
> No can do. The hard drive I'd be using to boot from (/dev/sda) has been
> reformatted by several aborted attempts to boot using 'linux askmethod'.
> 
> Right now I'm trying to copy the DVD image into .../os/images/ using the
> <Ctrl><Alt>F2 console. I'm hoping anaconda will recognize and mount it,
> allowing me to hit "Retry" and proceed. (Note that in a proper mirror
> everything from the DVD is supposed to be in .../os/.)
> 
> --Doc
> 

  You will need a separate (ext3) partition to hold the DVD iso and
images .. not the same partition as you are installing f11 / to.