Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-11 Thread H.S.
On 11/07/10 01:38 AM, JD wrote: I am sure by the time you are fully comfortable with everything F13, F14 will be coming out :) It is usually the interesting ways that it can be installed or updated (i.e. without using CDs or DVDs) that attracts me. Otherwise I am more or less okay with Fedora.

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-11 Thread H. S.
On 07/11/2010 01:45 AM, H.S. wrote: I have installed Fedora 13 now, the first login and updates are next. When I wrote that, I was not thinking properly. The beauty of net install is that the packages are downloaded from the repository and the most recent ones are installed. So after

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-11 Thread Mike Chambers
On Sat, 2010-07-10 at 23:37 -0400, H.S. wrote: When I boot from a USB Fedora 13 boot disk (using boot.iso from Fedora 13), I press TAB on the boot screen and append askmethod (without quotes) to the kernel options line and boot. But the screen ends up black and nothing happens. If I do

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-11 Thread H. S.
On 07/11/2010 11:10 AM, JD wrote: On 07/11/2010 08:04 AM, H. S. wrote: On 07/11/2010 01:45 AM, H.S. wrote: When I use the askmethod option, the installer wants me to enter the full URL of the Fedora repository. Can it not show me a list of mirrors (based on my IP perhaps) and let me select

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-11 Thread mike cloaked
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM, H. S. hs.sa...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/11/2010 01:45 AM, H.S. wrote: I have installed Fedora 13 now, the first login and updates are next. When I wrote that, I was not thinking properly. The beauty of net install is that the packages are downloaded from the

Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread H.S.
When I boot from a USB Fedora 13 boot disk (using boot.iso from Fedora 13), I press TAB on the boot screen and append askmethod (without quotes) to the kernel options line and boot. But the screen ends up black and nothing happens. If I do not give any options, the boot proceeds and goes

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread JD
On 07/10/2010 08:37 PM, H.S. wrote: When I boot from a USB Fedora 13 boot disk (using boot.iso from Fedora 13), I press TAB on the boot screen and append askmethod (without quotes) to the kernel options line and boot. But the screen ends up black and nothing happens. If I do not give any

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread H.S.
On 10-07-10 11:21 PM, JD wrote: On 07/10/2010 08:37 PM, H.S. wrote: So, what is the deal with askmethod? How do I tell the installer to do installation from the internet? Thanks. I thought you are supposed to type linux /askmethod/ You mean put askmethod within the two slashes? I

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread JD
On 07/10/2010 08:46 PM, H.S. wrote: On 10-07-10 11:21 PM, JD wrote: On 07/10/2010 08:37 PM, H.S. wrote: So, what is the deal with askmethod? How do I tell the installer to do installation from the internet? Thanks. I thought you are supposed to type linux /askmethod/ You mean put

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread H.S.
On 10-07-10 11:34 PM, JD wrote: On 07/10/2010 08:46 PM, H.S. wrote: On 10-07-10 11:21 PM, JD wrote: On 07/10/2010 08:37 PM, H.S. wrote: So, what is the deal with askmethod? How do I tell the installer to do installation from the internet? Thanks. I thought you are supposed to

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread JD
On 07/10/2010 08:57 PM, H.S. wrote: I check various options here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options and also some examples here: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Installation_Guide/s2-x86-starting-bootopts.html Excellent. Of course, you will have

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread JD
On 07/10/2010 08:57 PM, H.S. wrote: On 10-07-10 11:34 PM, JD wrote: On 07/10/2010 08:46 PM, H.S. wrote: On 10-07-10 11:21 PM, JD wrote: On 07/10/2010 08:37 PM, H.S. wrote: So, what is the deal with askmethod? How do I tell the installer to do installation from the internet?

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread H.S.
On 10-07-10 11:59 PM, JD wrote: On 07/10/2010 08:57 PM, H.S. wrote: On 10-07-10 11:34 PM, JD wrote: No. The slashes were used for emphasis. Sorry!!! Well, discovered a work around. I used the asknetwork option just to try it out (since askmethod was not letting the system proceed to the

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread JD
On 07/10/2010 09:33 PM, H.S. wrote: On 10-07-10 11:59 PM, JD wrote: On 07/10/2010 08:57 PM, H.S. wrote: On 10-07-10 11:34 PM, JD wrote: No. The slashes were used for emphasis. Sorry!!! Well, discovered a work around. I used the asknetwork option just to try it out (since askmethod

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread JD
On 07/10/2010 09:33 PM, H.S. wrote: On 10-07-10 11:59 PM, JD wrote: On 07/10/2010 08:57 PM, H.S. wrote: On 10-07-10 11:34 PM, JD wrote: No. The slashes were used for emphasis. Sorry!!! Well, discovered a work around. I used the asknetwork option just to try it out (since askmethod

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread H.S.
On 10-07-11 12:39 AM, JD wrote: I just tested the askmethod after I burned the boot.iso to a 1GB flash stick, and booted it with Virtualbox. At the menu to install/upgrade/boot from local disk.etc etc.. I pressed Tab key and it immediately showed the vmlinux boot line args to which I

Re: Fedora 13 boot.iso not working with askmethod

2010-07-10 Thread JD
On 07/10/2010 10:45 PM, H.S. wrote: On 10-07-11 12:39 AM, JD wrote: I just tested the askmethod after I burned the boot.iso to a 1GB flash stick, and booted it with Virtualbox. At the menu to install/upgrade/boot from local disk.etc etc.. I pressed Tab key and it immediately showed the