Installing Fedora Core 2
Scott Talbot
talbotscott at cox.net
Tue Aug 17 16:26:43 UTC 2004
On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 08:50 -0700, Jim Napier wrote:
> I can't believe this question isn't asked of this list dozens of times a
> day, but I can find no reasonably detailed reference covering all the
> various installation methods. So sorry to make members of this list repeat
> themselves. I want to install Fedora Core 2 on an older NetPC with limited
> resources. This unit doesn't have a CD and can't boot from an external USB
> CDROM. I need to know the following:
>
> 1. What are the minimal hardware requirements for Fedora Core 2 (disk
> space, RAM, CPU if applicable)?
Jim:
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/
See the section titled: Hardware Requirements
> 2. What options do I have for installation when I can't boot from CD and
> starting with Fedora Core 2 the boot images no longer fit on floppy? I've
> been told that I can do it by setting up a PXE boot server, but details on
> that have been sketchy. Before I expend energy on such an approach I'd like
> some additional input from more experienced Fedora users.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/
not the easiest, but look around, these same things are asked nearly
every week.
http://www.fedoranews.org/
LOTS of info here. dig around.
> Pointers to any web resources would be most welcome. The apparent lack of
> documentation on the Fedora website is disappointing. The detail in the
> README files that get created on CD when you download the ISOs is of little
> help. Maybe I'm just can't see the forest for the trees, but I've never
> had such a problem with any of the numerous Linux distributions I've
> installed in the past.
>
> Thanks for any help this list can offer.
>
> Jim Napier
HTH
Scott
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