f7 on livecd?

[Globe Trotter]

--- Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:

> Globe Trotter wrote:
> > --- Charles Curley <charlescurley at charlescurley.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:51:17PM -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
> >>> --- Charles Curley <charlescurley at charlescurley.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:34:11PM -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
> >>>>> Thanks! So, can a 64-bit install be done from the USB....because one of
> >> my
> >>>>> machines only has an external DVD-R....
> >>>> I don't know about x86_64, but it works nicely on x86. If the machine
> >>>> won't boot to external USB, you can burn the boot image on the DVD to
> >>>> a CD, and boot to that. It will detect and use the USB DVD.
> >>> Sorry, but what does a USB DVD mean? 
> >> Sorry, I assumed from your comment above that your external DVD-R was
> >> USB. Anyway, Anaconda usually uses the same kernel version as the
> >> kernel to be installed, so anything the regular kernel can use
> >> Anaconda should be able to use.
> >>
> >>> Looking at stuff, it appears that there is a boot.img for x86_64 for
> >>> usb -- however, this file is exactly the same as for i386. I don't
> >>> know much (anything) about these files, but shouldn't the files
> >>> actually be different....
> >> I don't know why you need a 64 bit Anaconda; I should think a 32 bit
> >> Anaconda would do just fine. But I'm no expert here. Maybe someone
> >> will correct me.
> >>
> >> Did you read the README in /images?
> >>
> >> Or consider installing over your network. I do all my installs over
> >> NFS these days. It's much faster.
> > 
> > I'd like to do this. I  tried this with a 32-bit machine some time ago, but
> was
> > unable to get far. I think the problem was when I put in the URL (as per FC
> > instructions) it would come back and keep asking for the URL. I could also
> not
> > do it from the HDD for the same reason. Are there more detailed
> instructions
> > somewhere? Is the process the same for 64-bit? I have both kinds of
> > machines....Can someone please provide me with instructions for a 64-bit 
> > machine? 
> 
> Is http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f7/en_US/
> 
> enough to get started?

I could not get this to work for FC6 with the results mentioned above....but
will try again...many thanks!
trotter


       
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