On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:25 AM, gajendra khanna <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Hi all, > > Kudos to the members for doing a great job. Since Fedora 11 is due to > > be released next week (9/6/2009), wouldn't it be a good idea to update > > our local repository (10.10.4.1) to this new version. Current > > repository is only for Fedora 8. > > > I believe Fedora 9 is also available in the repo. > Actually Fedora 10 do exist on 10.10.4.1 too I am away from IIT LAN so here are steps to follow.. Here is a script to be used -- - rsync -avrt rsync:// ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/Packages//var/www/html/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Everything/i386 - rsync -avrt rsync:// ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/i386/ /var/www/html/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/i386/ - rsync -avrt rsync://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/updates/11/i386/--exclude=debug/ /var/www/html/pub/Linux/Fedora/updates/11/i386 - rsync -avrt rsync:// ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/Packages//var/www/html/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Everything/i386 - rsync -avrt rsync:// ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages//var/www/html/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64 - rsync -avrt rsync:// ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/ /var/www/html/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/ - rsync -avrt rsync://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/updates/11/x86_64/--exclude=debug/ /var/www/html/pub/Linux/Fedora/updates/11/x86_64 - rsync -avrt rsync:// ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages//var/www/html/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Everything/x86_64 - rsync -avrt rsync://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Live//var/www/html/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Live put this in cron jobs dailt execution --------- Create - cd /etc/yum.repo.d/ - gedit local-base.repo Add these lines to this file and save [local-base] name=Eklavya Fedora $releasever - $basearch failovermethod=priority baseurl=http://10.10.4.1/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/Packages/ #mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 - cd /etc/yum.repo.d/ - gedit local-updates.repo [local-updates] name=Eklavya - Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Updates failovermethod=priority baseurl=http://10.10.4.1/pub/Linux/Fedora/updates/$releasever/$basearch/ #mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 ------------------------------------------------- Installtion Options Here are 5 available option to install fedora 11 ---------------------------------------------------- *(1) -- Use Live CD* use - http://10.10.4.1/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Live *(2) -- Use DVD* use - http://10.10.4.1/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-11-i386-DVD.iso or http://10.10.4.1/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-11-i386-DVD.iso *(3) -- Use Network Install* Step1 You have two options for this step1 option a Need to download the rescue-image (a iso file) for Fedora 8. The path is for 32 bit machines —> wget http://10.10.4.1/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-11-i386-netinst.iso for 64 bit machines —> wget http://10.10.4.1/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-11-x86_64-netinst.iso download it and burn it directly ( with Nero in case of window and K3B in case of Linux) Now boot for this CD. suitable for DVD less systems. option b a tftp boot server is yet to be set, so currently you cannot apply PXE boot, which bypasses the need of burning rescue CD. It will be suitable for CD/DVD less systems. step 2 after booting select *http *method of install and just manually set IPv4 addresses and suitable subnet mask and gateway address. and the It will prompt for method of installation. select HTTP and set these two parameters IP or Host name = 10.10.4.1 directory or path is = for 32 bit machines — > pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/i386/os/ for 64 bit machines — > pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/os/ Everything rest is same, as you do with normal CD / DVD installation. take help from this link -- http://vsingleton.blogspot.com/2008/05/debian-netinst-vs-fedora-rescuecd.html * (4) -- Use Grub Install *If you already have any Linux installed in your system, then use these steps * cd /boot/grub * wget http://10.10.4.1/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/*i386* /os/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz * wget http://10.10.4.1/pub/Linux/Fedora/releases/11/Fedora/*i386* /os/images/pxeboot/initrd.img use *x86_64* if your machine is 64 bit.. now edit grub.conf and add this entry -- *title Fedora 11 install root (hd?,?) kernel /vmlinuz ro initrd /initrd.img * Now just reboot and select Install Entry in Grub menu take help from -- http://fedora.co.in/content/how-install-fedora-without-cd-dvd-or-any-optical-media *(5) Use USB install *... 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