ubs mem stick install 2007-09-07 - By Rick Stevens
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On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 10:39 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 08:22 -0500, Fred Grant wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 17:57 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 15:45 -0500, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 03:35:19PM -0500, Fred Grant wrote:
> > > > > First, I noticed Rick has a new web address and I hope that is a good
> > > > > thing!
> > > > >
> > > > > I keep reading about linux ubs systems.
> > > >
> > > > Do you mean USB? (Dyslexics Untie!)
> > > >
> > > > > Is it possible to install
> > > > > Fedora from one of these?
> > > >
> > > > I think so, if the box will boot from a USB device. I think the more
> > > > recent boxes do.
> > > >
> > > > > I don't have a dvd and am reluctant to buy
> > > > > one just to upgrade to FC-7.
> > > >
> > > > The other alternative is to download the DVD ISO to a hard drive,
> > > > internal or USB drive, then boot from the F7 rescue CD to install. I
> > > > think that will work. Not tried. I'm still migrating to FC6.
> > >
> > > There's also an "F7 Live CD" you can download, burn and boot. It will
> > > run all by itself or you can do a network install from it using public
> > > servers.
> > >
> > I have access to cable Internet at my son's on a Windows PC. Could I
> > burn the live CD and then install to a usb device that I could bring
> > home and use on my system? If so, how would you suggest going about it?
>
> The live CD is designed to be burned to a CD as it's an ISO file (CD
> ROM image file). I suggested it as you said you didn't have a DVD
> but I assumed you may have had a CD drive. The nice thing about the
> live CD is that you can "try it first" and install to hard drive if
> you like it.
>
> If you want to install and bypass the "try it first" stuff, you can do
> a network install using a USB thumbdrive. Download the "diskboot.img"
> file from one of the mirrors and copy that to your thumbdrive using
> "dd" or (under DOS/Windows), "rawrite". You can boot the thumbdrive and
> do a network install.
>
> Have a look at this page:
>
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f7/en_US/sn-which-files.html
>
> Try to figure out what you want to do and we'll do what we can to help.
>
> think it'd work, however. I can give it a try.
Whoops! That last line got poked in by accident! Too many windows open
and middle mouse button was clicked. My bad!
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