F6 -> F8 on cdrom system?

>
> Yes, open up the iso,
> mkdir /iso
> mount -t auto -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 FC_fn_here.iso /iso
>
> copy vmlinuz,initrd.img somewhere, (same directory if you like)
> cd /iso/isolinux
> cp vmlinuz /somewhere
> cp initrd.img /somewhere
>
> unmount the iso
> cd
> umount /iso
>
>
> add a boot stanza to your loader and away you go.
>
> Grub snippet
> title "FC8 Install"
> kernel (hdX,Y)/somewhere/vmlinuz ro vga=791
> initrd (hdX,Y)/somewhere/initrd.img
>
> You solve for X,Y
>
>
>
> Reboot the system, pick FC8 Install

Thank you. Will try it.

> Reboot the system, pick FC8 Install

After booting the F8 kernel, I get the following:

<snip>
no root yet, ndev rule will write symlink
waiting up to 60 seconds before dropping into emrgency shell
.........
WARNING: Cannot find root file system

bash>

Can you tell me what I might be doing wrong?

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:30:27 +0100, Huub wrote:
>> Reboot the system, pick FC8 Install
>
> After booting the F8 kernel, I get the following:
>
><snip>
> no root yet, ndev rule will write symlink
> waiting up to 60 seconds before dropping into emrgency shell
> ........
> WARNING: Cannot find root file system
>
> bash>
>
> Can you tell me what I might be doing wrong?


You may want to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Do not know commands used from my example, do not know contents of
menu.lst. No idea if you verified md5 or sha1 sums of iso after
downling from internet before trying the install. You know little
things which someone would need to see where you dink up something.

If everything is correct, I have no idea.

I installed FC8 a week ago, and had to re-install FC7 again last night.
Both fc7/fc8 installs are running fine on my system.

grub snippet
title fedora_iso
root (hd1,0)
kernel /spare/vmlinuz ro vga=791
initrd /spare/initrd.img

I downloaded the iso into my /local/spare directory which is in my
second drive, first partition.

Bit Twister wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:30:27 +0100, Huub wrote:
>>> Reboot the system, pick FC8 Install
>> After booting the F8 kernel, I get the following:
>>
>> <snip>
>> no root yet, ndev rule will write symlink
>> waiting up to 60 seconds before dropping into emrgency shell
>> ........
>> WARNING: Cannot find root file system
>>
>> bash>
>>
>> Can you tell me what I might be doing wrong?
>
>
> You may want to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> Do not know commands used from my example, do not know contents of
> menu.lst. No idea if you verified md5 or sha1 sums of iso after
> downling from internet before trying the install. You know little
> things which someone would need to see where you dink up something.
>
> If everything is correct, I have no idea.
>
> I installed FC8 a week ago, and had to re-install FC7 again last night.
> Both fc7/fc8 installs are running fine on my system.
>
> grub snippet
> title fedora_iso
> root (hd1,0)
> kernel /spare/vmlinuz ro vga=791
> initrd /spare/initrd.img
>
> I downloaded the iso into my /local/spare directory which is in my
> second drive, first partition.
>

OK, thanks for helping. Going to try again.