Terje Kvernes <terjekv@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I was able to install FC2+updates on a machine using the FC3T1 > > vmlinuz and initrd.img (because the FC2 ones wouldn't boot on that > > hardware). I don't know if you could install RHEL3 the same way but > > it's easy to try and if it works it would save you some time. > > hm, just replace the initrd and the vmlinuz on the RHEL-installation > with those from FC. interesting idea, I'm just curious on how > schizophrenic the box will be with afterwards, but it _will_ grab > packages from the URL we've given, and that's a RHEL-mirror. heh. > okay, I'll try on a box here. thanks. heh. that went pretty much as expected. everything boots, and is happy, but then we expect to find a Fedora-directory to use for http install. symlinking that to the RHEL directory (hey, it didn't cost anything to test) gives the classical "your installation media doesn't match the stuff I found" error. sanity checks and all that. so, back to the drawing board. -- Terje
