On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 07:05 -0800, Andrew Farris wrote: > Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: > > Could someone post an exact cookbook for installing rawhide > > on an x86_64 machine? > > > > I tried diskboot with several URLs but it always failed not being able > > to access one or more files. > > > > I tried loading FC8 and, setting the repository to development, > > and then upgrading but this results in many conflicts with fc8 > > versions as well as missing dependencies. > > > > What is the correct procedure, exactly? > > Basically, three options at the moment: > 1) network install from boot.iso > 2) network install from rescue image > 3) update from an F8 install One of the easier ways - if you have Fedora already running on the machine - is to use SNAKE. This is the method I use for most of my install testing. In the simplest case, it goes like this: 0. su -, yum install snake 1. snake-install [rawhide tree url] 2. reboot snake-install will pull down the kernel and initrd and modify the bootloader. When you reboot, it will boot into stage 1 of the installer, defaulting to dhcp networking, en_US language/keymap, then automatically pull down the rest of the installer and anaconda should start. If the install fails.. I grab a Live image and reinstall F8. Naturally this option is best if you have a fast internet connection and a dedicated test machine. I'm going to write some info on the more interesting uses of SNAKE sometime soon, but that's the simplest one. -w
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