On 24 May 2010, at 17:20, Pom Sailasuta wrote:

> I would like to install Sc-Linux version 5.5 on my desktop which is a dual boot system (Fedora core 2 and Win XP, hard drive capacity is 280GB, which I think is dying).
> I would like to do this on my new 800GB hard disk currently empty and mounted on /dev/sbd with 3 partitions, first parition is for linux, second is for swap and third covers the entire disk.
> Ultimately, if this works out, I will remove my old 280GB drive and only use the new 800GB drive, no dual boot this time, just linux.
>  
> I would apprecaite any suggestion on how to do this.
> I can not removed the old drive and just simply use this 800GB drive because my Dell Optiplex GX620 does not have option for boot from CD or DVD,
> I have only two options either hard drive or USB CD ROM.

In this scenario I usually download the installer's kernel and initramfs, put them in /boot, add a GRUB entry for them, and boot from the hard drive.  It will ask you for a URI for the installation tree, at which point you can point it to an appropriate place on a SL mirror.

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Garrett Holmstrom
University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy
Systems Staff