On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 02:12 -0500, Peter Horst wrote: > I'm trying to install FC5 on a computer without a working floppy or > cd-rom. This computer is currently running Debian stable, and is on a > tiny little network with my WinXP laptop. Someone on IRC was trying to > explain how I can use Grub to do a network installation, but I'm not > getting it. Does this involve installing some kind of PXE server on my > other computer? Is it possible to point Grub to a disk image on the > same computer on which I'm trying to install the new OS? And if so, am I > using an ISO image, or rather a set of unpacked files (kernel image, > etc.)? Thanks, hope this question rings a bell for someone. One way is the full network boot using PXE, which I think is described in the FC5 Installation Guide. http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/fc5/ Another way is to boot the installer from the hard disk using an existing Linux installation: http://www.city-fan.org/tips/BootInstallerFromHardDisk Paul.
