Helllo
I instlld Fedora core2 atlst. Hurrrrrrrrrray. Its so cool.gr8 looks and kernel
2.6 + kde-3.2.2 + gnome 2.6. App's run faster than fedora core 1. Hope this is
useful:
HOWTO : INSTALL FEDORA CORE 2 FROM ISO's :
The main problem : Boot Disk - too BIG - abt 6 MB. Used only with USB pen
drive. I dont hav a CD Writer. I dont hav a Thumb drive.
The System: Win 2000 + Redhat 9. P3.
HOW I INSTALLD FEDORA CORE 2 FROM ISO's !
1. Downloaded the 4 ISO's to a folder e:\fedora .
2. Used WinImage to browse the Fedora CD 1. Extracted /images/diskboot.img .
3. Again,Used WinImage to extract all files from diskboot.img to a folder
c:\boot\
4. Next I booted into RedHat 9
5.and made the foll changes to /etc/grub.conf so that i can boot into the boot
disk from grub. ( or u can do this directly from grub)
title fedora boot disk // not required if givg commands from grub)
root(hd0,0) // whatevr
kernel /root/vmlinuz ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /root/initrd.img
7. Rebooted ( If giving grub commands , press b to boot).Follwed the link and
hey presto..and got the boot disk. Evrythin went smoothly after that.
caution : all 4 iso's shld b in a single folder.
OTHER WAYS TO OBTAIN diskboot.img
1. Download it. ( link given below)
2. In Linux, Mount the Fedora Core 1 in loop. then copy the image file from
cdrom/images directory.
mount -o loop -t iso9660 <isofilename> <mountpoint>
Now,copy the diskboot.img from /<mountpoint>/images/ to some place.
MORE IDEAS :
If u hav a windows system and need to install. Then U need to download
Loadlin.exe ( See Link below). Follow above procedures till the diskboot.img
contents hav been copied to a folder.Then reboot into DOS. Use loadlin to load
the initrd.img file.
DOWNLOADS:
1.. Fedora Core 2 : http://fedora.redhat.com/download/
2.. diskboot.img :
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/i386/os/images/
3.. WinImage : http://www.topshareware.com/WinImage-download-72.htm
4.. Loadlin.exe : http://www.srcf.ucam.org/downloads/ ( file name
dualboot.zip)
Hope this is useful .
With LigardX
hashir n a
Avenir Computer Services Pvt Ltd
Kakkanadu
Kerala
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