On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 18:56 -0800, Donald Reader wrote: > On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 11:55 +1030, Tim wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 15:43 -0800, Donald Reader wrote: > > > This has sure taught me a lesson about trying to get help anywhere. As > > > usual left on your own no matter what. > > > > Grizzle like that and you're unlikely to get much help. It's moderately > > easy to install without having to install from a collection of discs, if > > you have hard drive space to spare during the install. > > > > After reading your message, I'm not that inclined to help beyond > > pointing out the basics of one simple method: > > > > 1. Download and burn the rescue disc ISO. > > 2. Download the install DVD ISO to a hard drive partition with plenty of > > space, and leave it there. If you use systems without multiple > > partitions, or without any large enough, then you can use a main > > partition, just remove the prior files before trying to install (*). > > 3. Boot the rescue disc, choose install from hard drive, pick the hard > > drive partition with the DVD ISO on it, make sure that partition isn't > > reformatted during the install process (it shouldn't let you, it should > > protest if you try, but I wouldn't depend on something like that). > > > > > > * Presuming something like one partition for / and most sub-directories. > > One could boot the rescue disc, and switch over to another console and > > "rm -rfd" everything but the location where you've saved the ISO file. > > It's probably a good idea to rename /home/ if you want to keep it. Let > > the new install create a new home, then copy over older bits after the > > install. Not everything in /home works well between different releases. > > Then you'd switch back to the install console, and carry on using the > > installer. > > > > > > There's a plethora of websites describing different methods of > > installing without doing it from multiple discs. Just find one that > > details a method you can follow. > > Thank You everyone > > First I must apologize for the post as frustration got the best of me. > I have been trying to > read up on installing without physically burning the media and > hopefully will be able to > do that before long as for now I have a client that is going to be > doing a server move and > can't afford for anything to go wrong with a new install at this time. > > Some good news is I did get a connection finally with the headset now > all I have to do is figure > out how to get the audio services up and running so I can use them > LOL. > > To explain a little this is the very first time I have ever posted to > a list for any help as I have always > been gun shy of the fact that I have read lots of lists and forums > where questions get answered with > Read The Freaking Manual or upgrade system to the newest. It just > seemed that is the way it was headed > in my eyes. Again I apologize to the whole list and thank everyone for > the responses ---- I for one would never use the work 'Freaking' when the natural choice seems to convey a much clearer sentiment. You should note though, that the list frowns on HTML mail...yes, you are sending HTML mail to this list. see... http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines The history of people suggesting that you RTFM has real roots... http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You'll find it easier to get what you need from mail lists by reading the above links Craig
