[Ilugc] network installation in fedora core2
- From: praveen@xxxxxxxxxxx (Praveen)
- Date: Wed Jun 16 14:31:46 2004
i found the boot image file in fedora core2
i.e.bootdisk.img is 6mb. it dosn't fit in to a floppy
using dd command, how to write in cdrom as bootable,
please help very urgent
In FC2, under images directory, you have two files; boot.iso and
diskboot.img (Note that not bootdisk.img).
* boot.iso is to make a minimal bootable installation CD. To create the
CD, do the following.
# cdrecord -v -eject dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 speed=24 driveropts=burnfree
/path-to-image/boot.iso
Note: If you use SCSI emulation;it should dev=0,0,0 (or whatever is your
device number; do a cdrecord -scanbus)
* diskboot.img is *NOT* for floppy or CDs anymore. It is for USB storage
devices. A quote from FC2 release note would help.
<quote>
For systems capable of booting from a USB device, Fedora Core 2 includes
an image file designed for use with USB pen drives (or other bootable
media with a capacity larger than a diskette drive). The file is
diskboot.img, and is present in the images/ directory on CD-ROM 1. Use
the dd command to write the image.
Note
The ability to use this image file with a USB pen drive depends on the
ability of your system's BIOS to boot from a USB device.
</quote>
PS: If you want to do a network install, why you take pain of creating a
seperate disk? Just say 'linux askmethod' at the installation boot
prompt. It will prompt you the method that should be used for the
install (CDROM, Hard disk, NFS, HTTP, etc).
HTH.
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