Install Fedora Core 5/Suse 10 without burning CDs

[avinashtatti@gmail.com]

well i was thinkin if i could download the latest kernel and replace those in the installer <redhat cd1> and then try installing , will it work , how do i go about it ? any help

by the way thanks for the reply

 

[n2casey]

@ blackpearl


Nice tute friend. Repu added.

 

[blackpearl]

well i was thinkin if i could download the latest kernel and replace those in the installer <redhat cd1> and then try installing , will it work , how do i go about it ? any help

by the way thanks for the reply

You can upgrade the kernel after installing linux, but before installation... I'm not sure. You have to ask some linux expert.

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I think you have to download the source files and then replace the kernel. Tough job.

 

[~Phenom~]

will this method also work in my case ?? u said it will work in dual boot. what about me ?? I already have Ubuntu 6.10 , PCLinuxOS -BigDaddy and Windows XP SP2 installed. Please reply urgently as I have just copied the 5 CD iso images of Fedora Core 6 in my system and I m dying to try it but really dont wanna waste CDs.

 

[blackpearl]

As long as you have windows on your system, it will work.

 

[~Phenom~]

Thanx buddy. will soon delete PCLinuxOS partitions and install FC6 ur way. wish me luck.

 

[drsethi]

I couldnot install by this method SUSE 10.1 Remastered
There is no isolinux folder.
There is no vmlinuz file.
initrd file found in SUSE-Linux-10.1-Remastered-i386-CD1/boot/i386/loader folder
BTW I have already installed SUSE 10.1 Remastered on my computer.

 

[~Phenom~]

@blackpearl,I deleted my PCLinuxOS to create space for FC6. This made my GRUB gone ie Ubuntu Gone. Then I tried ur method successfully installed FC6 , but when I rebooted , it just didnt started .Black screeen appeared with some flashing coloured letters like @ ! , etc. I think My system doesnt support such high gfx , so i just formatted FC6 . PCLinux OS was already gone. I just reinstalled ubuntu 6.10. that means ur method just ****ed my system and wasted my 3 precious hrs. Though there is no fault of urs in it. I will try ur method in future but only for those distros which are compatible with my hardware .

 

[viruatdigit]

Because there is no "Boot " (i cant find it too, don know where blackpearl had it) folder there. MAKE one yourself

 

[phreak0ut]

Well, Anaconda starts up fine and asks me where the it should search. I point it to the right drive and the installation aborts by saying 'installation stopped unexpectedly [1/1]' and then prepares the system for reboot. My ISO is on a FAT32 partition and the SHA1SUM is fine. What could be wrong??

 

[blackpearl]

"'installation stopped unexpectedly "

I wonder what the reason is? Probably corrupted file, hardware problem etc.

 

[phreak0ut]

The ISO is fine. If it was corrupt, it wouldn't have passed the SHA1SUM test. I doubt hardware problem. I've got Ubuntu and Slackware running and I've installed FC5 in the past from CDs.

 

[blackpearl]

Does the installation process start before terminating? or does it terminate as soon as you point to the drive?
Is your hard disk detected at all?

 

[phreak0ut]

The installation process terminates only after I point the location where it should supposed to start. I found that images from torrents are reliable. Check it out the review here *itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3680246