Pom Sailasuta wrote:
> Please see my question below
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Garrett Holmstrom wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Garrett is correct, but just incase you need a little more detail.
> Do the following as root in your current fedore core 2
>
> mkdir /boot/55
> cd /boot/55
> wget
> http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
> wget
> http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
>
> Done up to here so far
>
>
> vi /boot/grub/grub.conf
>
>
> my grub.conf file
> ////////////////////////////////////////////////
> [root@PomLinux 55]# more /etc/fstab
> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
> LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
> devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
> tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
> /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
> /dev/sdb1 /disk800 ext3 defaults 1 2
> /dev/sdb2 /disk801 ext3 defaults 1 2
> /dev/sdb3 /disk802 ext3 defaults 1 2
>
This is not your grub file, this is your /etc/fstab
Do a
cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
Troy
> add the following section if you have a separate /boot/ partition
> change "root (hd0,1)" to whatever the line is for your current linux
> title Install SL 55
> root (hd0,1)
> kernel /54/vmlinuz
> initrd /54/initrd.img
> add the following section if you do not have a separate /boot/ partition
> change "root (hd0,1)" to whatever the line is for your current linux
> title Install SL 55
> root (hd0,1)
> kernel /boot/54/vmlinuz
> initrd /boot/54/initrd.img
>
>
> reboot your machine, and pick "Install SL 55" at grub.
> When the time comes, select install via http and put in the url
> http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/
> or whatever your favorite mirror is.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Troy
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