Paul,
My grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda7
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
I have 3 machines on my network running RedHat 9, the Fedora iso's are not on the machine I want to upgrade. Is it not possible to make a boot floppy and use it to install. I gave someone my CD's of Redhat.
Here's how to set up the installer on the machine you want to upgrade.
On the machine with the ISO images on it, change to the directory containing the ISO images, the first one of which should be called FC2-i386-disc1.iso
mkdir /mnt/iso /tmp/fc2files mount -r -o loop FC2-i386-disc1.iso /mnt/iso cp /mnt/iso/images/boot.iso /tmp/fc2files umount /mnt/iso mount -r -o loop /tmp/fc2files/boot.iso /mnt/iso cp /mnt/iso/isolinux/vmlinuz /tmp/fc2files/fc2-vmlinuz cp /mnt/iso/isolinux/initrd.img /tmp/fc2files/fc2-initrd.img umount /mnt/iso rmdir /mnt/iso rm /tmp/fc2files/boot.iso
Directory /tmp/fc2files should now contain two files, fc2-vmlinuz and fc2-initrd.img. Copy these to the /boot directory of the machine you want to upgrade to FC2.
Then add the following entry to the grub.conf file on the machine to be upgraded:
title Fedora Core Linux 2 Install root (hd0,0) kernel /fc2-vmlinuz ramdisk_size=8192 initrd /fc2-initrd.img
If you want to do a text-mode, low resolution or expert install, add the words "text", "lowres" or "expert" respectively to the end of the "kernel" line.
When you reboot the machine, you should now have an option to enter the FC2 Installer, and then go ahead with your NFS install.
Paul.
