hi... took a look at what you provided. i can't see how this gets me to being able to remotely use the fedora install gui on my server. remember, i'd like to install fedora on the remote server, using my system to remotely install FC on the remote system. -bruce -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of linux.whiz@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 2:05 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: installing FC3 over the network... 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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
