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1) Create a directory named “dvd” in ftp root.

mkdir /var/ftp/dvd

2) Mount Fedora-Core-8.iso

mount -o loop -t iso9660 Fedora-Core-8.iso /var/ftp/dvd

3) Change path to your currently mounted location.

cd /var/ftp/dvd
here will be a folder named “images” . it contains “boot.iso” and “boot.img” that are used to boot and install fedora from scratch.

4) Copy “boot.iso” to some where out from this locaton. i did copy to my home folder.

cp image/boot.iso /tmp/

5) Create a boot able disk by burning this “boot.iso” on it.

cdrecord -dao -dev=/dev/cdrom /tmp/boot.iso

Now we are ready to boot from cd room and to continue our Fedora Core 8 Installation.

6) Boot From CD Rom and select ” install or upgrade” option
7) Select ” Language and Keyboard ” options
8) Make your LAN settings
9) Select your Installation Method ” FTP”
10) Enter server address and it’s directory.
in my case it was,
FTP = “ftp://my-ftp-ip-address”
folder = “/dvd”
11) it will connect to ftp server and will provide you the traditional GUI installation interface .
12) Enjoy installing Fedora core 8 Using FTP.

My email is: hollaway@gmail.com
I know you’re probably really busy but this would mean a lot to me :)

I’m sorry I’m using this comment as a communication thing, but I couldn’t find your email anywhere :(

Right now I have Debian (SID) and SuSE (Personal). I will shortly have Fedora (Core 4), then Slackware (??), and then Ubuntu (??), MANDRIVA, GENTOO, FREEBSD, AAAHHHHH!! It feels like Christmas :), I’m so excited.

I kind of like not having my CD-RW not working :). And thank you for the great article, it helped me grasp some important concepts like the floppy boot from the HD with GRUB and FC ISO loading errors. You should write a journal and then sell it as a book :)

Have a nice day :)

With diskboot.img you’re right. Unfortunately, your corrections for the grub entry are not correct.

As grub is a tool intended to be independent of the operating system it supports, it has its own means of identifying the disk partitions. The entry I provided is:

title Fedora Core 2 install
root (hd0,0)
kernel /FC2install/vmlinuz
initrd /FC2install/initrd.img

This says that the root disk (for grub’s purposes) is the first partition (0) on the first disk (hd0), as grub counts from zero. This is the partion where the following specified files are to be found. Then, it says that the kernel and initrd files are to be found in the /FC2install directory on that partition. Remember that the /boot directory is the mount point for the first partition on the first disk, and is not a directory in that partition.

Éibhear

otherwise great great stuff