Installing F11 from local hard drive

Robert G. (Doc) Savage
2009-07-05T10:06:31+00:00

In past releases we've had multiple choices of installation sources
(local, HTTP, FTP, NFS, etc.). I have a complete mirror of F11, both
release and updates on /dev/sdb1. Is it still possible to boot from a
CD/DVD and install from that local mirror? If so, how?

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Re: Installing F11 from local hard drive by Tim on 2009-07-05T13:25:46+00:00
On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 05:05 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> In past releases we've had multiple choices of installation sources
> (local, HTTP, FTP, NFS, etc.). I have a complete mirror of F11, both
> release and updates on /dev/sdb1. Is it still possible to boot from a
> CD/DVD and install from that local mirror? If so, how?

You could try reading the documentation:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/index.html

More specifically:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/ch03s04.html
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/s1-steps-network-installs-x86.html
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/ch03s06.html

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Re: Installing F11 from local hard drive by Robert G. (Doc) Savage on 2009-07-05T15:04:42+00:00

On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 22:55 +0930, Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 05:05 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> > In past releases we've had multiple choices of installation sources
> > (local, HTTP, FTP, NFS, etc.). I have a complete mirror of F11, both
> > release and updates on /dev/sdb1. Is it still possible to boot from a
> > CD/DVD and install from that local mirror? If so, how?
> 
> You could try reading the documentation:
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/index.html
> 
> More specifically:
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/ch03s04.html
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/s1-steps-network-installs-x86.html
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/ch03s06.html
> 
> Tim,

Thanks. It might not have been apparent from my original post, but I'm
actually a long time Red Hat / Fedora user. Once you provided the link,
I found part of what I was looking for here (specifically the "Hard
Drive" option):

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/ap-admin-options.html

The key part that's missing is how to get to the old "boot:" prompt so I
can use "linux askmethod". There was a time when this information was
included on the distribution CD, and actually made part of anaconda's
early menus. 


Re: Installing F11 from local hard drive by Mike Chambers on 2009-07-05T15:10:52+00:00
On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 10:04 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:

> Thanks. It might not have been apparent from my original post, but I'm
> actually a long time Red Hat / Fedora user. Once you provided the link,
> I found part of what I was looking for here (specifically the "Hard
> Drive" option):
> 
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/ap-admin-options.html
> 
> The key part that's missing is how to get to the old "boot:" prompt so I
> can use "linux askmethod". There was a time when this information was
> included on the distribution CD, and actually made part of anaconda's
> early menus. 

Hit the tab key at the initial boot disk install options, and then you
can just type in askmethod (nothing else) and hit enter and away you go.
I do it this way as well on all installs I do (rawhide or release).

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Re: Installing F11 from local hard drive by Robert G. (Doc) Savage on 2009-07-05T16:02:09+00:00

On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 10:10 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 10:04 -0500, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> 
> > Thanks. It might not have been apparent from my original post, but I'm
> > actually a long time Red Hat / Fedora user. Once you provided the link,
> > I found part of what I was looking for here (specifically the "Hard
> > Drive" option):
> > 
> > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/ap-admin-options.html
> > 
> > The key part that's missing is how to get to the old "boot:" prompt so I
> > can use "linux askmethod". There was a time when this information was
> > included on the distribution CD, and actually made part of anaconda's
> > early menus. 
> 
> Hit the tab key at the initial boot disk install options, and then you
> can just type in askmethod (nothing else) and hit enter and away you go.
> I do it this way as well on all installs I do (rawhide or release).

Mike,

We're getting close. As I said, the mirror is on /dev/sdb1 where the
path to the install image is:

/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86-64/os/images/install.img

I think that's *almost* what I need. To get this to run I actually input
the path up to .../os/ and let it find the rest. It takes me through the
partitioning scheme and to the "Boot loader operating system list"
window. Hitting "Next" there generates the following error message:

Missing ISO 9660 Image
The installer has tried to mount image #1, but cannot find it on the
hard drive.
Please copy this image to the drive and click Retry. Click Exit to abort
the installation.
				[ Exit ]  [ Retry ]

Doesn't anaconda know how to mount CD/DVD images any more? They're
in .../iso/. Do I need to modify the path above?


Re: Installing F11 from local hard drive by Mail Lists on 2009-07-05T16:15:50+00:00
On 07/05/2009 12:01 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:

>        (i)
	  cd /path/to/dvd
          mkdir /mnt/tmp
          mount -o loop /mnt/tmp foo-dvd.iso
          rsync -av /mnt/tmp/images .
          rsync -av /mnt/tmp/isolinux .

       (ii) Booting install from grub

            mkdir /boot/f11
            cp isolinux/vmlinuz isolinux/initrd.imf /boot/f11

            Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to add new entry (adjust the root
to be same as your other lines)

            	title Fedora 11 Install
        	root xxx
        	kernel /boot/f11/vmlinuz
        	initrd /boot/f11/initrd.img

  Now just boot and choose the fedora 11 line.

  good luck

  gene/







Re: Installing F11 from local hard drive by Robert G. (Doc) Savage on 2009-07-05T16:30:47+00:00
On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 12:15 -0400, Mail Lists wrote:
> On 07/05/2009 12:01 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> 
> > >        (i)
> 	  cd /path/to/dvd
>           mkdir /mnt/tmp
>           mount -o loop /mnt/tmp foo-dvd.iso
>           rsync -av /mnt/tmp/images .
>           rsync -av /mnt/tmp/isolinux .
> 
>        (ii) Booting install from grub
> 
>             mkdir /boot/f11
>             cp isolinux/vmlinuz isolinux/initrd.imf /boot/f11
> 
>             Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to add new entry (adjust the root
> to be same as your other lines)
> 
>             	title Fedora 11 Install
>         	root xxx
>         	kernel /boot/f11/vmlinuz
>         	initrd /boot/f11/initrd.img
> 
>   Now just boot and choose the fedora 11 line.
> 
>   good luck

Gene,

No can do. The hard drive I'd be using to boot from (/dev/sda) has been
reformatted by several aborted attempts to boot using 'linux askmethod'.

Right now I'm trying to copy the DVD image into .../os/images/ using the
<Ctrl><Alt>F2 console. I'm hoping anaconda will recognize and mount it,
allowing me to hit "Retry" and proceed. (Note that in a proper mirror
everything from the DVD is supposed to be in .../os/.)


Re: Installing F11 from local hard drive by Michael Schwendt on 2009-07-05T16:32:18+00:00
On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:01:40 -0500, Robert wrote:

> /fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86-64/os/images/install.img
 
> Doesn't anaconda know how to mount CD/DVD images any more? They're
> in .../iso/. Do I need to modify the path above?

I've put the ISO image into the same directory that contains the "images"
directory. That has worked.

$ ls /mnt/data1/fedora/11
Fedora-11-i386-CHECKSUM  Fedora-11-i386-DVD.iso  images


Re: Installing F11 from local hard drive by Mail Lists on 2009-07-05T16:44:31+00:00

> Right now I'm trying to copy the DVD image into .../os/images/ using the
> <Ctrl><Alt>F2 console. I'm hoping anaconda will recognize and mount it,
> allowing me to hit "Retry" and proceed. (Note that in a proper mirror
> everything from the DVD is supposed to be in .../os/.)
> 
> 

Re: Installing F11 from local hard drive by Mail Lists on 2009-07-05T16:46:37+00:00
On 07/05/2009 12:30 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:

> Gene,
> 
> No can do. The hard drive I'd be using to boot from (/dev/sda) has been
> reformatted by several aborted attempts to boot using 'linux askmethod'.
> 
> Right now I'm trying to copy the DVD image into .../os/images/ using the
> <Ctrl><Alt>F2 console. I'm hoping anaconda will recognize and mount it,
> allowing me to hit "Retry" and proceed. (Note that in a proper mirror
> everything from the DVD is supposed to be in .../os/.)
> 
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Re: Installing F11 from local hard drive by Robert G. (Doc) Savage on 2009-07-05T16:47:19+00:00

On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 18:35 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:01:40 -0500, Robert wrote:
> 
> > /fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86-64/os/images/install.img
>  
> > Doesn't anaconda know how to mount CD/DVD images any more? They're
> > in .../iso/. Do I need to modify the path above?
> 
> I've put the ISO image into the same directory that contains the "images"
> directory. That has worked.
> 
> $ ls /mnt/data1/fedora/11
> Fedora-11-i386-CHECKSUM  Fedora-11-i386-DVD.iso  images

Michael,

Bingo! I moved my copy of the DVD iso from ./images/ to its os/ parent
and Retry accepted it. It's a kluge for sure, but it's working.

I was hoping to use the full mirror to install Everything and Updates in
one session. It seems to me that would be the fastest and most efficient
way to do a new install, especially if there are several to do.

Thanks to all for your help.


Re: Installing F11 from local hard drive by Mail Lists on 2009-07-05T16:50:29+00:00

> I was hoping to use the full mirror to install Everything and Updates in
> one session. It seems to me that would be the fastest and most efficient
> way to do a new install, especially if there are several to do.
> 
> Thanks to all for your help.
> 
>   gene/

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