> > Here is what I do: > > Option 1: I have a dvd player in an external USB enclosure. > Option 2: I have an old 16MB thumb drive. > > In both cases I copy just the boot.iso image to them -- about 7MB. > > For the jump drive: > Plug it in to a working system > If it mounts, use df -h to identify mount device and unmount it > If it doesn't mount, use dmesg to identify the device. > If the jump drive is /dev/sda then: > # dd if=boot.iso of=/dev/sda > > With a larger jump drive, I might be tempted to use the rescue image > instead. > With a 4GB jump drive I could use the DVD image ... hmmm... I might try > that. :) > > Copy the contents of the DVD or all 5 CDs to a location your web server > can see (on a different system than the ones to be installed, > obviously). I use: > /var/www/html/ks/FC5 > > Whenever I want to do an install, I pop in the jump drive, or plug in > the external DVD player and boot up the boot image. > > Because it is just a boot image, it defaults to askmethod and a screen > will appear asking for the source -- I choose http and give it the IP > address of my web server '192,168,1,2' and location '/ks/FC5', for example. > > This assumes a network and a DCHP server. No worries. > > I also use a cgi script to automate anaconda, but that is another topic. > > Good luck! > Found a place that had a way to create 6 boot floppies for kicking off the install. Works great. James
