[Novalug] boot trick??

[Beartooth]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, John Franklin wrote:

> On Dec 11, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Beartooth wrote:
>> 	Isn't there some way I can simply copy the DVD onto one
>> of the hard drives, if I get it in the right place, and then boot
>> from there?
>
>
> Yes, but you'll need to boot a different image from the CDROM 
> first.
>
> Go to the http://www.fedora.redhat.com/en/get-fedora-all page 
> and click the "i386 - Install CDs" link or the "x86_64 - 
> Install CDs" link.  Grab the "netinst" ISO.  Should be about 
> 200MB.  Burn and boot that.

 	Burning it now -- maybe done.

 	Question : if "netinst" means what I think, can I do an 
upgrade (not a fresh install) from a repo somewhere?

> When you get the boot menu, hit the Tab key and add to the boot 
> options line "text askmethod"  During the install, it'll ask 
> you what media to use.
>
> Choose Hard Drive and it'll ask you which partition and the 
> directory containing the ISO images (in this case the DVD 
> image).
>
> See 
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/s1-begininstall-hd-x86.html 
> for more docs on Hard Drive installs.  (Yeah, it's RHEL docs, 
> but the Fedora process is very similar if not identical.)

 	Supposing I don't try to install from a repo, is there an 
optimal partition and directory to put it onto? Like right at /, 
or /home, or some such?

-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, Erstwhile Historian of Tongues
Sclerotic Squirreler, Double Retiree, Linux Evangelist