Fedora Users — Re: FC2 install questions

Okay, I figured out why there's no such thing as a boot floppy in FC2, and I have a better idea of how I could get around installing via CD-ROM now. Some good advice here:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-May/msg03916.html

I'm still kind of afraid to install grub on my home XP machine, though, given the reports of trouble with it:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=115980

mis@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 05/21/2004 04:34:15 PM:

>
> Hi all. I have a couple of questions related to Fedora Core 2 installs.
>
> First, I have a box with no CD-ROM drive that's running FC1. I'd
> like to upgrade it to FC2. I read somewhere that there's a way to
> run the install if I copy the ISOs to the machine's hard drive, but
> I couldn't find any documentation on how that would work exactly.
> (The machine does have a diskette drive, so I could boot from
> diskette if need be.)
>
> Second, I have a machine at home that I want to dual-boot XP and
> FC2. I installed FC2 on it last night, but I didn't install grub,
> because the installer reported a problem with my boot sector, and I
> didn't want to risk screwing it up. I thought I would be prompted
> to create a boot disk at the end of the install, as has been common
> with previous versions of RedHat/Fedora, but I wasn't. Either that,
> or I zoned and just clicked past it. Either way, can I boot from CD
> 1 or the rescue CD and create a boot disk after the fact?
>
> In general, I haven't found a good guide for Fedora installation. I
> just ordered Fedora Unleashed from Amazon, and I'm hoping that has
> some useful information, but if anyone knows of a good
> install/upgrade guide for Fedora out there on the net someplace,
> please let me know where it is!