On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 11:45 +0100, John Austin wrote: > On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 07:33 -0300, Celso Viana wrote: > > > > > > From my F17 notes to myself > > > > > > F17 NFS install as follows > > > On first screen following boot hit ESC and type "linux > > > repo=nfsiso:192.168.1.5:/global/db/sw/F17" > > > > > > Standard NFS install then works cleanly > > > > > > > > > For other installation methods > > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Installation_Guide/ap-admin-options.html > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > I've tested this way. The problem is that the installation hangs the > > CD / DVD installation. With the method "askmethod" I started up the > > installation and after initiation could remove the boot media and use > > it on another machine. > > > > Hmmm > > Not tried that ! > > At some earlier Fx releases you "had" to remove the media to > get it to use the network > > I have the boot stage on a USB stick > Aside I have only installed F17 once, fully updated it and installed all the repos and apps I require and then cloned the partition[s] to other disks. For my simple requirements this made life a lot easier and quicker A dump/restore of a fully configured unmounted F17 partition to an other partition on a different drive takes about 2minutes 30sec (SSD to SSD) Then you need to conquer grub2 ! I have a write up if anyone is interested John -- 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