Network Install
On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 14:03 +0100, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote:
> On 07/02/2012 01:42 PM, Celso Viana wrote:
> > 2012/7/2 n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 <n2xssvv.g02gfr12930@ntlworld.com>:
> >> On 07/02/2012 11:13 AM, Celso Viana wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> FC17 does not exist in the installation option "askmethod." how we can
> >> install it via network?
> >>
> >> That does sound like a mistake, but I know that the network install CD
> >> definitely works as I have used it for both a fresh install and to update
> >> from 16. Due to the changes made to the Linux directory usage from Fedora 16
> >> to 17 I'd recommend this method.
> >>
> >> All credit to the Fedora 17 team, I have it working well on a PC and a
> >> Netbook. I would like to see some tools to simplify grub2 configuration, but
> >> that's not a problem, it's just a little bit more complicated to configure
> >> grub2.
> >>
> >> cpp4ever
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > Versions prior to FC17, using the "askmethod" worked very well.
> > Started up the machine with the netinstall CD and typed at the prompt:
> > boot: linux askmethod. After you choose the media source (if NFS)
> > anaconda was already loaded on the remote machine (I think) and I
> > could eject the CD and to install another machine. In FC17'm using:
> > boot: linux repo = nfs: 192.168.1.1 :/ fedora. It works, but can not
> > remove the media from the CD / DVD, which is too bad because 30 medias
> > need installation.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
> The other possibility is to create a bootable USB flash drive from the
> network install CD iso. This worked for my Netbook that doesn't have a
> DVD/CD drive. Take a look at either unetbootin or liveUSBcreator to
> create the required USB flash drive, as these provide the easiest
> methods for doing so..
>
> cpp4ever
>
Since I keep recommending unetbootin I only recently fond out that the
version downloaded depends on 32 bit libraries so it will not run easily
on a 64bit system.
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