On 24 May 2010, at 17:20, Pom Sailasuta wrote: > I would like to install Sc-Linux version 5.5 on my desktop which is a dual > boot system (Fedora core 2 and Win XP, hard drive capacity is 280GB, which I > think is dying). > I would like to do this on my new 800GB hard disk currently empty and mounted > on /dev/sbd with 3 partitions, first parition is for linux, second is for > swap and third covers the entire disk. > Ultimately, if this works out, I will remove my old 280GB drive and only use > the new 800GB drive, no dual boot this time, just linux. > > I would apprecaite any suggestion on how to do this. > I can not removed the old drive and just simply use this 800GB drive because > my Dell Optiplex GX620 does not have option for boot from CD or DVD, > I have only two options either hard drive or USB CD ROM.
In this scenario I usually download the installer's kernel and initramfs, put them in /boot, add a GRUB entry for them, and boot from the hard drive. It will ask you for a URI for the installation tree, at which point you can point it to an appropriate place on a SL mirror. -- Garrett Holmstrom University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Systems Staff
