On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 07:46 -0700, Tom Spec wrote: > Is it possible for me to install Fedora without DVD/CD, USB Key, > Floppy or PXE server if I already have an existing (older) Fedora > installation running? > > Specifically, can I download the ISOs to my HD, then somehow get grub > to throw me into the first ISO when I boot my machine, so that I can > then start a new installation? > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Yes. A. Copy the ISO files to your local drive. Make sure they do -not- sit on an LVM/MD partition. B. Copy the vmlinuz and initrd.img (from [1]) files into your /boot. C. Add a new entry to your grub.conf: title Fedora Core Upgrade root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz initrd /initrd.img D. Reboot. - Gilboa [1] For i386: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/isolinux/ [2] You might want to replace root (hd0,0) with what-ever-value you already have in your grub.
