Globe Trotter wrote: > --- Charles Curley <charlescurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:51:17PM -0700, Globe Trotter wrote: >>> --- Charles Curley <charlescurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
