f10beta hard drive install

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 10:53:49AM -0400, Chris Lumens wrote:
> > It seems like it's working, but then when I tell it to do a hard drive
> > install and where the install image directory is, it says it can't find it.
> > I hit Alt-F[2-7] and found a message implying it was looking for a
> > file named install.img in the install image directory.  But I'm sure
> > I've never put a file named install.img in that directory.  Do I need
> > to rename Fedora-10-Beta-i386-DVD.iso to install.img?  With older
> > releases, hard drive installs automagically found the iso file.
> 
> >From https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464836:
> 
> No, it doesn't need to be renamed.  What you need to do is either:
> 
> (1) Grab the install.img from within the ISO image or from the download
> site, and place it into an images/ directory at the same level as your
> ISO images; or
> 
> (2) Boot from the boot.iso.
> 
> This is a change from F9, but it is described in the anaconda
> documentation at:
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options
> 
> (I've also just updated that documentation to change stage2.img ->
> install.img, which was a fairly recent change in anaconda).

This should also go in the Release Notes beat:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Installer 

I've also filed a bug for the Installation Guide:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465195 

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