I just downloaded all 4 .iso files for Fedora Core 2. I already have 
Fedora Core 1 installed, but my CD-RW drive does not work.

Is there a way to install Fedora Core 2 without a CD-RW drive? Can I 
download RPM files instead (to install Fedora Core 2 from the Fedora Core 
1 environment)?

The last installation allowed me to use a floppy disk, but this one is too 
large for the floppy disk.

Sincerely,

Paul Panks
dunric@yahoo.com

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Paul Allen Panks wrote:

> I just downloaded all 4 .iso files for Fedora Core 2. I already have
> Fedora Core 1 installed, but my CD-RW drive does not work.
> 
> Is there a way to install Fedora Core 2 without a CD-RW drive? Can I
> download RPM files instead (to install Fedora Core 2 from the Fedora Core
> 1 environment)?
> 

Using apt there is no problem at all. Just go to http://www.fedora.us and
grab the apt for FC1, then set the sources.list to point at the 2 directory
rather than the 1 and do an apt-get dist-upgrade.

Thor,

I installed the 4 .iso's to "/" (root). I tried using apt-get 
dist-upgrade, but it didn't do a thing (just sat there).

Do I need to update sources.lst in /etc/apt to read:

"/"

for the location of the .iso files?

Sincerely,

Paul Panks
dunric@yahoo.com

Paul Allen Panks wrote:

> Thor,
> 
> I installed the 4 .iso's to "/" (root). I tried using apt-get
> dist-upgrade, but it didn't do a thing (just sat there).
> 
> Do I need to update sources.lst in /etc/apt to read:
> 
> "/"
> 
> for the location of the .iso files?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Paul Panks
> dunric@yahoo.com

Never tried it for iso's only sourcing the rpms from site.

You need to run apt-get update which will grab the latest files provided you
have pointed the sources.list at the right place.


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Paul Allen Panks wrote:
> Thor,
> 
> I installed the 4 .iso's to "/" (root). I tried using apt-get 
> dist-upgrade, but it didn't do a thing (just sat there).
> 
> Do I need to update sources.lst in /etc/apt to read:
> 
> "/"
> 
> for the location of the .iso files?

I don't think apt can find the packages in .iso files.  Try loopback 
mounting the ISO images so that you can see their directory structure 
and the files contained in the images.  Then point apt at the package 
directories, not the .iso files.

John-Paul,

What is loopback mounting? Can this be accomplished from xterm?

All 4 .iso files are in "/", and I do have apt-get installed on Fedora 
Core 1.

What do I need to do, specifically, to make this work?

Thanks for your help. :)

Sincerely,

Paul Panks
dunric@yahoo.com

John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@binaryfoundry.ca> wrote:
> Paul Allen Panks wrote:
>> Thor,
>> 
>> I installed the 4 .iso's to "/" (root). I tried using apt-get 
>> dist-upgrade, but it didn't do a thing (just sat there).
>> 
>> Do I need to update sources.lst in /etc/apt to read:
>> 
>> "/"
>> 
>> for the location of the .iso files?

> I don't think apt can find the packages in .iso files.  Try loopback 
> mounting the ISO images so that you can see their directory structure 
> and the files contained in the images.  Then point apt at the package 
> directories, not the .iso files.

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Paul Allen Panks wrote:
> John-Paul,
> 
> What is loopback mounting?

It allow a file to be mounted as a disk. Say you had an iso image file
(just possible you might have :-), you can mount the file to get at the
files inside.


> Can this be accomplished from xterm?

Of course: "mount -o loop <file name> <mount point>"

Paul

On Sat, 22 May 2004 04:50:37 +0000, Paul Allen Panks wrote:

> I just downloaded all 4 .iso files for Fedora Core 2. I already have 
> Fedora Core 1 installed, but my CD-RW drive does not work.
> 
> Is there a way to install Fedora Core 2 without a CD-RW drive? Can I 
> download RPM files instead (to install Fedora Core 2 from the Fedora Core 
> 1 environment)?
> 

Here's a hack to install without cdrom. The main course of action 
is fairly simple:

1) You want to extract the kernel and the initrd from first install 
disk (FC2-i386-disc1.iso)

2) Put the new kernel and the initrd image in /boot

3) Tell grub about the new kernel and write grub to mbr.

4) Boot the new kernel. The rest will be self explanatory.



In more detail now:

1) Suppose you have your FC2 iso images in /path/to/FC2.
Make a note of what partition /path/to/FC2 is on (e.g. /dev/hda4).
You will need that info when you install.

As root, 

mkdir /path/to/FC2/disk1      # make a directory to mount the iso.
cd /path/to/FC2
mount -t iso9660 -o loop,ro FC2-i386-disc1.iso disk1

Now the contents of the first iso disk are accessible under disk1.
The kernel is in the isolinux directory, so

cd isolinux


2) Put the vmlinuz and initrd in /boot:

cp vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-FC2
cp initrd.img /boot/initrd-FC2.img


3) Configure grub to boot the new kernel:

cd /boot/grub

With your favorite editor add a stanza to grub.conf

title FC2
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-FC2 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
        initrd /initrd-FC2.img

You might have to change hd0,0 appropriately. It must be the same
as for other stanzas you have in grub.conf.


4) Write grub to disk:

/sbin/grub-install /dev/sda     # or perhaps hda ?


Reboot. On the splash screen you will see the FC2 entry. Select
that and you're on the way. Just follow the prompts.

Paul Allen Panks wrote:
> John-Paul,
> 
> What is loopback mounting? Can this be accomplished from xterm?
 >
> All 4 .iso files are in "/", and I do have apt-get installed on Fedora 
> Core 1.
> 
> What do I need to do, specifically, to make this work?

As root:

mkdir /mnt/iso1 /mnt/iso2 /mnt/iso3 /mnt/iso4
mount -t iso9660 -o loop,ro /file1.iso /mnt/iso1
mount -t iso9660 -o loop,ro /file2.iso /mnt/iso2
....

The you'll need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point it to /mnt/iso1, 
/mnt/iso2, and so on.  'man 5 sources.list' should tell you about the 
proper format of the entries (I'm not sure offhand).

Then, with that done, 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' should do 
the trick.  Note that I'm not familiar with apt-get on Fedora...I use 
the original apt-get on Debian.  YMMV.