Please see my question below On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Troy Dawson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Garrett Holmstrom wrote: > >> 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 is correct, but just incase you need a little more detail. > Do the following as root in your current fedore core 2 > > mkdir /boot/55 > cd /boot/55 > wget > http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/images/pxeboot/initrd.img > wget > http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz > > Done up to here so far > vi /boot/grub/grub.conf > my grub.conf file //////////////////////////////////////////////// [r...@pomlinux 55]# more /etc/fstab /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0 /dev/sdb1 /disk800 ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/sdb2 /disk801 ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/sdb3 /disk802 ext3 defaults 1 2 add the following section if you have a separate /boot/ partition > change "root (hd0,1)" to whatever the line is for your current linux > title Install SL 55 > root (hd0,1) > kernel /54/vmlinuz > initrd /54/initrd.img > add the following section if you do not have a separate /boot/ partition > change "root (hd0,1)" to whatever the line is for your current linux > title Install SL 55 > root (hd0,1) > kernel /boot/54/vmlinuz > initrd /boot/54/initrd.img > > > reboot your machine, and pick "Install SL 55" at grub. > When the time comes, select install via http and put in the url > http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/ > or whatever your favorite mirror is. > > Hope this helps. > Troy > -- > __________________________________________________ > Troy Dawson [email protected] (630)840-6468 > Fermilab ComputingDivision/LSCS/CSI/USS Group > __________________________________________________ >
