How to install Fedora 15 form ISO image

[unicron]

I have downloaded Fedora-15-x86_64-DVD.iso and try to install as usual:
copy the isolinux directory from the image and boot with grub，but the installer doesn't let me select the media and connects and downloads from network directory. After waiting a long time,
it reports the network not available, and ask me to select repo from NFS, DVD or http/ftp, still no local hard driver. Is this a new feature of F15?

[stoat]

You also need to copy the /images directory from the ISO file to the hard drive. And it should contain at least the install.img file. I recommend putting vmlinuz, initrd.img, /images, and the ISO file all in the root directory of a compatible partition. Then boot vmlinuz and initrd.img in the usual way from GRUB. See the Installation Guide for Fedora 14 (or 15's when available). It's been this way for the last few versions.

[Luis]

Originally Posted by stoat

You also need to copy the /images directory from the ISO file to the hard drive. And it should contain at least the install.img file. I recommend putting vmlinuz, initrd.img, /images, and the ISO file all in the root directory of a compatible partition. Then boot vmlinuz and initrd.img in the usual way from GRUB. See the Installation Guide for Fedora 14 (or 15's when available). It's been this way for the last few versions.

It seems that something has changed, since there is no install.img inside Fedora-15-i386-DVD.iso.

Thanks,
L.

[RupertPupkin]

Originally Posted by Luis

It seems that something has changed, since there is no install.img inside Fedora-15-i386-DVD.iso.

Yep, I noticed that too. Same for the images directory on any F15 mirror: http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/rel..._64/os/images/

Notice how in F14 the images directory does have an install.img file: http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/rel..._64/os/images/

I hope this gets fixed soon. I really wanted to install F15 from my second hard drive, since my installation of F14 from an iso worked so great. But I was forced to install F15 from DVD instead (F15 works great for me, by the way - the Fedora team did a good job again with this release, besides this minor install.img issue).

Edit: According to this bug report, the install.img is not needed any more. I just assumed it was needed for installing from an iso. Something seems screwy.

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Well I just tried to install F15 64-bit from an iso using the official procedure, even though there is no install.img file. And it worked! Woohoo!

Here's what I did:

1. Copy the DVD iso file to a directory (I used /f15) and copy the entire images directory from the iso file into that directory (/f15) containing the iso file (you could also grab the images directory here).
2. Download the boot.iso file and write that to a CD.
3. Boot your computer from that CD.
4. At the "Welcome to Fedora 15!" install screen, highlight the "Install a new system or upgrade an existing system" line and hit the Tab key.
5. Add the "askmethod" option to the boot command that is presented:
   

   vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img askmethod

6. A few screens into the installation, you will be presented with the choice to install from hard drive, so choose that.
7. You will then be asked for the partition and directory containing the iso file (in my case it was partition /dev/sdb1 and directory f15, yours may of course be different).
8. The iso file should then be detected and you'll be on your way to installing F15.

[huaihaizi3]

it's easy and faster to install Fedora-15-x86_64-DVD from local HDD through grub, just execute the commands below when the grub prompt appears:
grub> kernel (hd0,4)/vmlinuz linux askmethod
grub> initrd (hd0,4)/initrd.img
grub> boot
then, the install process will start ,and you can choose which way to install fedora,such as HTTP FTP NFS HDD..

note: locate the files vmlinuz initrd.img Fedora-15-x86_64-DVD.iso and the dir images in the root dir of a ext4 partition or a fat32 partition!

[liugang]

add linux askmethod to the end of grub command line
It will prompt you select HDD disk, FTP, NFS etc.

e.g


kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz linux askmethod
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd.img
boot