-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Summerfield wrote: > > Most, but not all, of my too-numerous computers have DVD drives, and > right now I'm looking at installing something that I downloaded as a DVD > image on a system that hasn't a DVD drive. > I like the current DVDs because I can mount them and see every package without having to flip through a stack of CDs. As to installing something on a computer without a DVD drive using only a DVD iso, it isn't that hard to do. On the computer that has the DVD image, loop mount it somewhere like (for example): mount /home/rlc/jigdo/Fedora-Unity-20071218-8-x86_64-DVD.iso /home/rlc/mp -t iso9660 -o loop navigate to the images folder write the boot.iso image in that folder to a CD. umount the DVD image. export its directory over NFS. On the computer you wish to install Fedora 8 on, take the boot.iso cd that you just burned and boot to it. At the prompt, type 'linux askmethod'. You will eventually be brought to a list of installation methods to select; choose 'NFS image'. Specify the location of the DVD iso. Presto, the installation begins. There is one small caveat, I have not yet done an NFS install off the boot.iso image. I can't swear it will be the same as if you popped the full DVD into a drive and used 'linux askmethod' on that. But I bet it will. Bob Cochran -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHlKux6lKCpcLGBRgRAsZMAKCKV5hf+MgdGwSwVWmWwe+br2E5WwCfYeBi jJY9Y9y7gGwkyDD/Du8QbMc= =zAcH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
