On 04/16/16 13:15, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/16/2016 11:00 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: >>> >> What would that mean? Normally, you are overwriting the hard drive, so >> where would you put the installer files? > > I think he means extracting the .iso to one partition and using it to > install Fedora on the rest of the drive (or even on a different drive) > while not reformatting that partition. I'm not sure why he wants to do > this, but it does look like it should be possible. ===> i believe you 2 are speculating too much as to op's intent. op states that he can boot on other boxen, but not the one. nothing about install from live. as has been written in many post on most all linux support list, a live boot is a great way to test boxen to see if hardware is compatible with intended version, which is in part what op found out with boxen that he did have a hardware problem and he need to disable "smp" because it is a "non SMP machine". as such, to test rest of hardware, he has to get past cpu problem. such is not to guess his actual. it is only to comment as to why one might wish to boot a boxen with a live operating system. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.7 tc,hago. g . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
