questions on how to install Fedora 7 from downloaded iso

[Darlene Wallach]

stan wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:20:50 -0700
> Darlene Wallach <freepalestin at dslextreme.com> wrote:
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> You might have problems with this because F7 expects the partitions to
> be named as sda instead of hda.  All drives are treated as scsi now
> whether they are or not.  There is information on this in the release
> notes online.
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F7ReleaseSummary
> 
> 
Thank you - I need to remember to read!
So I should modify grub to:
title Fedora 7 install
           root (hd0,0)
           kernel /vmlinuz-f7-install ro root=/dev/sda3
           initrd /initrd-f7-install.img

> 
>>What I'm not sure of is if the install will allow me to
>>access the external hard drive for the installation.
> 
> Which external hard drive?  I see only the hda drive mentioned.

I have a external firewire harddrive onto which I
downloaded the dvd iso. I copied the following two files
to the /boot on my internal drive.
/tmp/mountpoint/isolinux/initrd.img
/tmp/mountpoint/isolinux/vmlinuz

My question is when I start the installation, will I
have access to the external firewire harddrive for
the install.
> 
>>Have I made any mistakes in what I plan on doing?
> 
> 
> It reads to me like you want to boot your existing system with the F7
> kernel.  Is this correct?  I'm not clear on what you are trying to do
> here.  

Since my BIOS will not allow me to boot from my SCSI
CD-ROM I am following procedures Conor Daly sent me
to get around the problem. Last time I had CDs that
the install directed me to insert for the the full
installation. Since I don't have CDs I'm wondering
if having downloaded the DVD iso to the external
harddrive I will be able to install F7 from the
DVD iso I downloaded.
> 
>>Thank you for your attention and patience,
>>
>>Darlene Wallach
>>
> 
> Andy's suggestion of installing a cheap IDE DVD-ROM is a good one if
> you can afford it.  You bypass all of this.  Of course, you might
> consider this to be fun.  ;-)
> 

I cannot afford even a cheap $15 IDE DVD-ROM. And this
can be educational for me.

Thank you for the heads up about sda vs hda and the
link to the release notes.

Darlene Wallach