--- Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Globe Trotter wrote: > > --- Charles Curley <charlescurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:51:17PM -0700, Globe Trotter wrote: > >>> --- Charles Curley <charlescurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:34:11PM -0700, Globe Trotter wrote: > >>>>> Thanks! So, can a 64-bit install be done from the USB....because one of > >> my > >>>>> machines only has an external DVD-R.... > >>>> I don't know about x86_64, but it works nicely on x86. If the machine > >>>> won't boot to external USB, you can burn the boot image on the DVD to > >>>> a CD, and boot to that. It will detect and use the USB DVD. > >>> Sorry, but what does a USB DVD mean? > >> Sorry, I assumed from your comment above that your external DVD-R was > >> USB. Anyway, Anaconda usually uses the same kernel version as the > >> kernel to be installed, so anything the regular kernel can use > >> Anaconda should be able to use. > >> > >>> Looking at stuff, it appears that there is a boot.img for x86_64 for > >>> usb -- however, this file is exactly the same as for i386. I don't > >>> know much (anything) about these files, but shouldn't the files > >>> actually be different.... > >> I don't know why you need a 64 bit Anaconda; I should think a 32 bit > >> Anaconda would do just fine. But I'm no expert here. Maybe someone > >> will correct me. > >> > >> Did you read the README in /images? > >> > >> Or consider installing over your network. I do all my installs over > >> NFS these days. It's much faster. > > > > I'd like to do this. I tried this with a 32-bit machine some time ago, but > was > > unable to get far. I think the problem was when I put in the URL (as per FC > > instructions) it would come back and keep asking for the URL. I could also > not > > do it from the HDD for the same reason. Are there more detailed > instructions > > somewhere? Is the process the same for 64-bit? I have both kinds of > > machines....Can someone please provide me with instructions for a 64-bit > > machine? > > Is http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f7/en_US/ > > enough to get started? So, at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f7/en_US/sn-expert-download.html it says: for instance Download the boot.iso image for a minimal boot CD or bootdisk.img file for a minimal boot USB flash drive. Write the image to the approriate physical media to create bootable media. Is there some detailed documentation on how to write to appropriate physical media to create bootable media. More specifically, must the USB flash drive be completely blank? What further steps after this> Many thanks, Trotter ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC
