On Wednesday, January 19, 2011 04:26:57 pm Robert Heller wrote:
> At Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:00:21 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:09 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > the LiveCD will not install the operating system. It is purely for
> > > demo or diagnostic purposes.
> > But there comes an option "Install to Hard-disk" after we see the Live
> > CD desktop!
> I'm guessing this is much the same as the netinstall CD. Or else it
> will promptly ask you for installer CD #1 or the installer DVD.
Please see https://projects.centos.org/trac/livecd/wiki/InstallToHardDrive
Yes, it looks like it works; no, it's not officially supported, and reading the page implies you have to build it yourself. This looks to me like the Fedora LiveCD install method; basically, it copies the LiveCD to the HD and sets things up as if it were installed via kickstart and with the regular installer.
I do remember doing a couple of Fedora installs this way; they are fast, that's for sure.
There is also a 'Network install' option (see http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOSLiveCD5.5 ) on the 5.5 LiveCD that works the same as the netinstall ISO. Perhaps that's the Install icon that's being seen here.
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