Git-Url: http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-current.git;a=commitdiff;h=2950bee2c5ce02bd76d64b7d404cea90f2244fe3
commit 2950bee2c5ce02bd76d64b7d404cea90f2244fe3 Author: Miklos Vajna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu Oct 2 03:13:06 2008 +0200 docs/install: document how to do a netinstall without burning an iso diff --git a/docs/install.txt b/docs/install.txt index 6910349..3fd091f 100644 --- a/docs/install.txt +++ b/docs/install.txt @@ -51,6 +51,24 @@ or unnecessary packages. Cons: No offline installation possible, high bandwidth or hours of patience required for a full installation. +An alternate way of doing this is to just copy the contents of the ISO +image to your hard drive and use your existing boot manager to boot it. + +Typically you can add a new entry to your existing GRUB installation on +i686 or x86_64 (in this case you just have to copy the commands from the +`menu.lst` file from the image) or you can boot yaboot from Open +Firmware on PPC. (See below on how to invoke Open Firmware.) Once you +have the Open Firmware prompt, for example in case the `boot` directory +is copied to the root directory of the 5th partition of your hard disk: + +---- +boot hd:5,\boot\yaboot\yaboot +---- + +Pros: No USB stick or (re)writeable CD needed. + +Cons: Possible only in case you have some kind of bootloader available. + === USB image This is a filesystem image, similar to the network install ISO image. _______________________________________________ Frugalware-git mailing list [email protected] http://frugalware.org/mailman/listinfo/frugalware-git
