How to Make the Hard Drive just like the "Install Disk"
- From: "wavy" <wavycaver@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 5 Nov 2006 13:56:34 -0800
In dealing with trying to install Fedora Core 5 on a Compaq IPaq with
4G disk - a CD-Less, Floppy-Less, "mini Darlik" - I'm convinced I'll
have to install an "image" on the hard drive which will initiate the
install process.
This little ogre has NO outside connectors on it than USB ports,
either! - (hideous, but challenging and vewy vewy quiett!)
Once I get the Installation Process rolling, I should have no problem
FTPeeing the installation disks across the network - thereby installing
Fedora within its intended environment.
(I did attempt to install Fedora on this hard drive within another
host, then transfer the hard drive back to the "Darlik". This worked
but not perfectly as there were residual functionality and setup
issues).
The Readme file in /images directory states:
The diskboot.img file is a VFAT filesystem image that can be written to
a USB pendrive or other bootable media larger than a floppy. Note that
booting via USB is dependent on your BIOS supporting this. It should
be written to the device using dd.
Can the same thing be done to a hard drive?
Or how might I transfer a CDROM image onto a hard drive and use
boot.iso instead?
[The boot.iso file is an ISO 9660 image of a bootable CD-ROM. It is
useful in cases where the CD-ROM installation method is not desired,
but the CD-ROM's boot speed would be an advantage.]
Or maybe there's a third option I need to know about?
THANKS EVERYBODY
-WaVy
=not an expert - just a former drip under pressure=
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