Bug 213536 - Installation without media
Summary: Installation without media
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora Documentation
Classification: Fedora
Component: install-guide
Version: devel
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Paul W. Frields
QA Contact: Paul W. Frields
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Blocks: ig-traqr
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-11-01 21:27 UTC by Rahul Sundaram
Modified: 2013-03-13 05:42 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2007-09-22 17:35:18 UTC
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Description Rahul Sundaram 2006-11-01 21:27:24 UTC 
Description of problem:

There is more advanced method to install Fedora without having to burn disks.
Perhaps this can be documented better in the installation guide. 


Additional info:

mkdir /mnt/fedora
mount -t iso9660 FC-6-i386-DVD.iso /mnt/fedora -o loop
cp -av /mnt/fedora/isolinux /boot/
umount /mnt/fedora

edit /etc/grub.conf

title 
       Fedora Installation
       root (hd0,4)
       kernel /isolinux/vmlinuz
       initrd /isolinux/initrd.img

Reboot
Select language
Choose hard disk installation
Select path to ISO image. No slashes in front or end of the path. 
Watch magic happen!
Comment 1 Paul W. Frields 2006-11-03 02:32:21 UTC 
Agreed, I do this (or something akin) often on servers for testing where I don't
want to be bothered making media, or physically visiting them.  I will see what
I can do.
Comment 2 Rahul Sundaram 2007-05-31 20:11:10 UTC 
Doesn't seem to have been done for Fedora 7 guide.
Comment 3 Paul W. Frields 2007-09-22 17:35:18 UTC 
I've added this information for the F8 guide.
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