On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 10:24 +0900, Mitsuho Iizuka wrote:
> Could you give me a exact procedure or URLs to install FC3 from free
> HDD(7GB). For some reasons, CD-R or DVD-R is not available for me.
>
> The current configuration is as follows,
>
> HD(0) MBR(grub)
> 1st partition: WinXP
> 2nd partition: Empty <- downloaded install program here
> HD(1) alive FC1+grub.conf <- FC3 destination
>
> 1. is the installer FC3-i386-DVD.iso ? or ....
> 2. file modification required to boot above installer ? how ?
> 3. grub.conf descriptions to boot above installer
>
> Those question might be FAQ, at this moment I can't find any resource
> about that in fedora-list, fedora-web, google. Thanks in advance.
>
> // M. Iizuka
>
By install program, do you mean that you have downloaded FC3-i386-
DVD.iso to /dev/hda2 ? What filesystem is on that partition? Assuming
yes and a suitable filesystem, read on.
Here is how to set up a HD install. First, create a temporary mount
point:
mkdir /mnt/tmp. Then, mount the DVD image:
mount -o loop /partition2_name/FC3-i386-DVD.iso /mnt/tmp
As root, create an installer directory:
mkdir /boot/installer
Copy install image to /boot:
cp /mnt/tmp/isolinux/vmlinuz /mnt/tmp/isolinux/initrd.img /boot/installer
Add installer menu to /boot/grub/grub.conf:
title Install FC3
root (hd1,x) #replace x with whatever your kernel section
uses
kernel /boot/installer/vmlinuz
initrd /boot/installer/initrd.img
Then you should be able to reboot and select Install FC3 from the grub
menu. Select HD Install and then enter the path to the DVD iso. When
installing/upgrading, you may want to _NOT_ reformat /boot just to
ensure that if an error occurs, you will still be able to try the
install again.
Kevin Freeman
