Am 02.01.2013 19:08, schrieb Doug: >> That being said, the easiest solution IMHO is to plug its hard drive >> into a different machine and do the install there. >> >> --T.C. > That would probably *not* be a good idea, unless the other machine is > identical. The install process customizes the system to fit the hardware > it finds--video, sound, hard drive controller, Ethernet chip, etc. > It's very likely that when you moved the drive back to your original > machine, nothing would work this is NOT windows! as default dracut generates a gegenric initramfs as long you do not configure it with hostonly="yes" * there is no hard-wired video configuration * there is no hard-waired sound configuration * there is no hard-wired hard-drive controller * there is ESPECIALLY no hard-wired ethernet what do you imagine why a live-usb boots on nearly any hardware? there is no "live-harwdare-support", the main component of a live-media is the preconfigurd desktop etc.
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