F10 Install from HD

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 11/27/2008 03:54 PM, jbk wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
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>>> Yes. You can download the isolinux kernel and initrd. Put them in you=
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>>> /boot directory.
>>> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f10/en_US/ap-medialess-in=
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>>> Booting the isolinux allows you to point to an HD or a CD/DVD.
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>> I just want to follow up on this. Shortly after I posted this message,=
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>> downloaded isolinux vmlinux and initrd.img, set them up in /boot, and =

>> started the install. The first problem is that the initial download of=
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>> install.img from the mirror site seemed to hang, so I restarted the=20
>> install process from the same mirror. The whole process took about 1:4=
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>> from start to finish, and I am currently running on Fedora 10. So far,=
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>> everything seems to work fine.
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>> The reason for the network install is that I didn't want to make anoth=
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>> boot DVD since I have the Fedora 10 Preview, and I want to test the=20
>> network install for my own knowledge.
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> So, did you add the method=3Dftp://<path to mirror> to the=20
> boot parameters? I have just tested the grub setup I created=20
> and after a couple tries got the path correct to the local=20
> image. I won't do an internet install because I purchased=20
> the cheapest slowest DSL package from my ISP, which is=20
> probably a third the speed of the typical service. It takes=20
> 12 hours to download the dvd iso direct. Bittorrent would=20
> take days as they limit down to what your up is.
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No. It prompts you for the URL.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
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