I finally found my notes on how to install. I should have copied the vmlinuz and initrd.img (with unique names) to the /boot directory on my laptop. I then would have edited grub.conf for those unique names and then been able to install from my laptop. I did not look far enough into the loop mounted DVD iso to find the vmlinuz and initrd.img. I got these instructions a few years ago, Feb 9th 2005, from Conor Daly on the llinuxchix email list.<br>
<br>Here are the instructions in case they are of use to others:<br>[begin instructions from Conor Daly]<br>1. Loopmount diskboot.img<br>2. Copy vmlinuz and initrd.img (with unique names) to your /boot directory<br>3. Configure grub (you should be on grub with RH7.3) to boot from the<br>
copied kernel<br>4. At boot time type 'linux askmethod' and you'll get to specify the<br> CDROM<br><br>I used this method to install FC3 online. Just downloaded the boot.iso<br>and chose 'ftp' as the install method...<br>
<br>or<br><br>1. Copy boot.iso to your hard disk<br>2. Configure grub to boot from the iso [0]<br>3. At boot time type 'linux askmethod' and you'll get to specify the<br> CDROM<br> <br>This assumes that there is a suitable scsi driver available in the<br>
initrd.img. If not, you can go about it this way.<br><br>1. copy the contents of the CDs to the hard disk (second and subsequent<br> CDs' rpm files go in the RPMS directory copied from the first CD<br>2. Use either of the above boot methods and specify 'hard disk' as the<br>
source.<br><br>NB. Make sure you copy the CD contents to a filesystem that is _not_<br> going to be formatted at install time otherwise there'll be nothing<br> there for the installer to use!<br><br>Conor<br>
<br>[0] Booting direct from an iso is mentioned here:<br><a href="http://www.linux.ie/lists/pipermail/ilug/2005-February/022062.html">http://www.linux.ie/lists/pipermail/ilug/2005-February/022062.html</a><br><br>Basically, it's:<br>
<br>grub> chainloader hd(0,0)/image.iso<br>grub> boot<br><br>-- <br>Conor Daly <<a href="mailto:conor.daly@oceanfree.net">conor.daly@oceanfree.net</a>><br>[end instructions from Conor Daly]<br><br>Darlene Wallach<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Rick Moen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Quoting Darlene Wallach (<a href="mailto:freepalestin@dslextreme.com">freepalestin@dslextreme.com</a>):<br>
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</div><div class="im">> I mean when I boot my laptop or desktop, how do I get to the "boot:" prompt?<br>
<br>
</div>What I really mean is: the "boot:" prompt provided by _what_?<br>
<br>
I infer that you're talking about the "boot:" prompt furnishable by a<br>
bootloader, e.g., by some instance of GRUB, lilo, syslinux, etc. You<br>
didn't specify _why_ you want to be able to get to that prompt, nor<br>
what the bootloader is -- but it's indeed a really good idea to know on<br>
any computer, regardless of operating system.<br>
<br>
I'm guessing that you referring to the prompt available, at the end of<br>
Power-On Self-Test, from an instance of GRUB that's installed on your<br>
laptop's internal hard drive.<br>
<br>
In that case, pressing Esc should un-suppress GRUB's screens if they've<br>
been concealed using the "hiddenmenu" directive in /boot/grub/grub.conf .<br>
See:<br>
<a href="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/ref-guide/s1-grub-configfile.html" target="_blank">http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/ref-guide/s1-grub-configfile.html</a><br>
<div class="im"><br>
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> I have firewire cable from my desktop computer to a 400G external drive. I<br>
> have another firewire cable from the 400G external drive to another external<br>
> drive. The only way I could get my laptop to see the 400G external drive was<br>
> to plug a firewire cable from my laptop to the other external drive. My<br>
> laptop could then see and access the 400G drive but the laptop could not see<br>
> nor access the other external drive.<br>
<br>
</div>Yes, I get that. I was just saying that I've never had occasion to<br>
rely on such a chain, and so you're out of my personal area of<br>
experience, though to the best of my understanding it's _supposed_ to<br>
work.<br>
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