I would look at installing yum and using yum to do this. I know, not GUI, but that's a good way to do it. On 4/28/05, bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
