Garrett Holmstrom wrote:
On 24 May 2010, at 17:20, Pom Sailasuta wrote:
I would like to install Sc-Linux version 5.5 on my desktop which is a dual boot
system (Fedora core 2 and Win XP, hard drive capacity is 280GB, which I think
is dying).
I would like to do this on my new 800GB hard disk currently empty and mounted
on /dev/sbd with 3 partitions, first parition is for linux, second is for swap
and third covers the entire disk.
Ultimately, if this works out, I will remove my old 280GB drive and only use
the new 800GB drive, no dual boot this time, just linux.
I would apprecaite any suggestion on how to do this.
I can not removed the old drive and just simply use this 800GB drive because my
Dell Optiplex GX620 does not have option for boot from CD or DVD,
I have only two options either hard drive or USB CD ROM.
In this scenario I usually download the installer's kernel and initramfs, put
them in /boot, add a GRUB entry for them, and boot from the hard drive. It
will ask you for a URI for the installation tree, at which point you can point
it to an appropriate place on a SL mirror.
Garrett is correct, but just incase you need a little more detail.
Do the following as root in your current fedore core 2
mkdir /boot/55
cd /boot/55
wget
http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
wget
http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
vi /boot/grub/grub.conf
add the following section if you have a separate /boot/ partition
change "root (hd0,1)" to whatever the line is for your current linux
title Install SL 55
root (hd0,1)
kernel /54/vmlinuz
initrd /54/initrd.img
add the following section if you do not have a separate /boot/ partition
change "root (hd0,1)" to whatever the line is for your current linux
title Install SL 55
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/54/vmlinuz
initrd /boot/54/initrd.img
reboot your machine, and pick "Install SL 55" at grub.
When the time comes, select install via http and put in the url
http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/
or whatever your favorite mirror is.
Hope this helps.
Troy
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