On 4/28/05, linux.whiz@xxxxxxxxx <linux.whiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 4/28/05, bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > the system already has RH8 on it...
> >
> > it can easily be reconnected to my network... but i'm not sure what to do
> > after that...
> >
> > given the difference betwen RH8/FC3 with partitions/file types/etc.. i
> > wanted to use the gui..
> >
> > is it possible to do this remotely?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > bruce
>
> It can be done. Copy the files vmlinuz and initrd.img from the
> isolinux directory on CD1 of Fedora Core into /boot on the RH8 box.
> Modify the /boot/grub/grub.conf so that it has the following stanza in
> it:
>
> title Install FC
> kernel /vmlinuz
> initrd /initrd.img
>
> Then reboot your RH8 machine. You will get a menu choice at the GRUB
> menu to install FC. Choose that, and the installer will start. You
> can point it to a network resource (NFS, http, ftp, whatever you set
> up) and go to town.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Thomas
Whoops - make that:
title Install FC
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz ramdisk_size=8192
initrd /initrd.img
Sorry about that. I left out the root (hd0,1) line. That line means
that the partition mounted as /boot is on hard drive 0 and it is the
first partition.
Thomas
