On Jan 25, 2008 12:16 PM, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > John Poelstra wrote: > > Will Woods said the following on 01/24/2008 09:02 AM Pacific Time: > >> 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. > >> > > > > Or better yet, use virtualization and it takes a fraction of the time to > > recover. > > > > 1) create a known good install of F8 or F7 > > 2) create a snapshot of it or clone it > > 3) attempt rawhide install > > 4) if the install fails revert to "known good snapshot" > > It would be very useful, if you folks document these details at > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Testing > > Thanks. > > Rahul Yes that would be VERY helpful. I didn't dare to ask a cookbook for installing as Chuck did :) I thought I would get RTFM or 'google it' type of an answer. So after wasting quite some time in installing F8 and after having 'dead' rawhide after update I asked on the mailing list... So please document what you know so that in future you can simply give an url and tell others like Chuck and me to rtfm :) Valent -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
