On Sat, 2011-12-31 at 12:57 +0800, alick wrote: > 于 2011年12月31日 12:00, Craig White 写道: > > On Sat, 2011-12-31 at 11:31 +0800, alick wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I have a question about installing Fedora from hard disk. > >> > >> I downloaded a DVD iso, extract vmlinuz and initrd.img to > >> partition A, then I put iso file onto partition B. > >> > >> Since I have grub (grub1) from old version of Fedora, I can > >> use it to boot extracted vmlinuz, and start my installation. > >> > >> I already know that partition B should be ext2/3/4 or FAT, and > >> should never be formatted during installation. > > ---- > > why do you say - should never be formatted during installation? Default > > installation would normally reformat any partitions you designate for > > use and it's the only way to ensure that the install is clean. > > > In my mind, during installing from hard drive, the software should be > copied from the partition which holds the ISO file. In case this > partition get reformatted at partitioning procedure, software then can > not be found. Is it so? ---- it will be formatted prior to copying (installing) any files ---- > Well, I use partition A to denote the partition which holds vmlinuz file > extracted from the ISO file. And I use partition B to denote the > partition which holds the ISO file. Hope I explain better. ---- The partition holding the ISO file will not be formatted and cannot be used by the new install at all. ---- > Sorry for my not-good English. ---- no problem - just wanted to make sure we were clear. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
