I've tried most of the different install types (not for Fedora 10 exclusively but other Fedoras over the years, plus CentOS), and I find the easiest is the http (url) install method. I mount the DVD iso on a web server document path (e.g. the document root, /var/www/html/f10install), make sure the web server on that machine is a trusted service, extract the boot.iso image, boot to that on the target machine, and at the boot: prompt I type linux askmethod and when prompted for the method I specify the url choice and then point it to the installation image mentioned above. This is fast if the target machine has a fast processor and reasonably quick hard drive. Bob Cochran Mike Cloaked wrote: > I have tried various ways to persuade my laptop to install F10 from the DVD > iso file stored on one of the partitions that will not be formatted during > the install. Nothing I have tried gets the install to continue past the > stage where the Partition holding the iso image is selected. It says it > cannot find the install media and seems to have added images/install.img to > the end of the directory path where my iso file is stored. > > I have also tried by adding the images directory to the same directory > containing the iso, and within it is the install.img file > Telling the install to point to the directory on the partition containing > the DVD iso and the images directory still gives an error message that > anaconda cannot find the install media. > > I have tried from the netinst iso burned to a physical CD disk, the vmlinuz > and initrd.img extracted from this iso and referred from grub to boot it, > from the extracted vmlinuz and initrd.img from the DVD iso booted via grub, > and whichever way I start the HD install it always fails at the same point. > > I could use the DVD on this machine as it does have a DVD drive but I have > other machines without a DVD drive that I would like to install from the DVD > iso on the hard drive. > > Does anyone have a confirmation that an HD install does work? I am > wondering if this is just my specific hardware that is tripping up anaconda > in this case - so other reports would be valuable. > > if I can successfully do an HD install on this machine I have some hope that > it is possible on other machines... and if so what is the trick. I have been > doing installs this way for quite a few years with all previous versions of > Fedora including F9. The only difference is that in this case the images are > stored on a laptop which has f9 with SElinux enabled so I don't know if this > makes any difference - I can't see that it should and the iso files are > readable by all users with permissions set to 755. > > I have tried adding linux askmethod to the install, instead of the graphical > boot - but every way I try for an HD install fails at the same point and I > am getting heartily frustrated now. > > Can anyone report success please? > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
