On Sunday 02 July 2006 15:52, phil brogan wrote: > Hello, > > I am currently running FC 1 and want to install FC 5. I successfully > downloaded the FC 5 DVD install image FC-5-i386-DVD.iso, and sha1sum > successfully matches. > > Here's my fstab (the FC-5-i386-DVD.iso file resides on the /dev/hdd > volume): > > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 > LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > /dev/hdb2 swap swap defaults 0 0 > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 > noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 > /dev/hdd /hdd ext3 defaults 1 1 > > Here's my grub.conf: > > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > # > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. > # root (hd0,0) > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdb1 > # initrd /initrd-version.img > #boot=/dev/hda > default=0 > timeout=10 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb > initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img > > How do I tell GRUB to boot from the file /hdd/phil/FC-5-i386-DVD.iso > (where /hdd is the mount point of /dev/hdd)? > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! > > - Phil Hi Phil. I'm a bit confused about your situation. You've downloaded the .iso for FC5, correct? Presuming that you have a DVD writer, I presume that you have burnt the the .iso to a writeable DVD disc, using K3b, or something. You cannot boot a downloaded .iso that resides on a harddrive partition. it first has to be burned to a DVD, and then FC5 needs to be installed using your newly burned DVD via the DVD ROM drive. Your BIOS needs to be set for booting from CDROM as well. I don't know if you are wanting to upgrade FC1 to FC5. This is a very big jump, and may well not succeed. It might be better if you have free space on your harddrives to create a dual boot install. FC1, and FC5. Post back, as we need to have a bit more information. Nigel.
