Need Fedora Core 8 on CD (not DVD)
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From: Richard Vaughn on 15 Jul 2008 16:30 I have some older, non-DVD reading machines that I need to upgrade to FC8. Hard to find the FC8 OS in CD form. Anyone? Thanks, -Richard Vaughn
From: Robert Riches on 16 Jul 2008 00:31 On 2008-07-15, Richard Vaughn <rvaughn9(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I have some older, non-DVD reading machines that I need to upgrade to > FC8. > Hard to find the FC8 OS in CD form. > Anyone? Does Fedora allow the hard-disk installation method? I think HatRed did when I last used it. Mandriva does. With that method, you copy the contents of the installation DVD or CDs to a hard disk partition that will _not_ be formatted during the installation. Then, you boot from a small image, often called boot.iso, select 'hard disk' installation method, and off you go. With luck, there should be a way to put the boot.iso image on a USB thumb drive. I use the hard disk installation method or the network (NFS) installation method even when I do have the media. HTH -- Robert Riches spamtrap42(a)verizon.net (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
From: Stefan Patric on 16 Jul 2008 19:04 On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:30:22 -0700, Richard Vaughn wrote: > I have some older, non-DVD reading machines that I need to upgrade to > FC8. > Hard to find the FC8 OS in CD form. > Anyone? The LiveCD version of Fedora 8 is a CD. You can install it on the hard drive, and then use yum to update/upgrade your system. Another option: Fedora used to be able to install off an ISO file (CD or DVD) on the hard drive. I haven't used this option in a few years, and don't know if it's still available. Have you thought of using a Fedora version that did come on CD like Core 6, do a minimal install of that, and then upgrade to 8? Or, use the 8 Rescue CD and do an "on line" install? A lot of work, but do-able. Stef
From: Allen Kistler on 18 Jul 2008 23:51 Stefan Patric wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:30:22 -0700, Richard Vaughn wrote: > >> I have some older, non-DVD reading machines that I need to upgrade to >> FC8. >> Hard to find the FC8 OS in CD form. >> Anyone? > > The LiveCD version of Fedora 8 is a CD. You can install it on the hard > drive, and then use yum to update/upgrade your system. > > Another option: Fedora used to be able to install off an ISO file (CD or > DVD) on the hard drive. I haven't used this option in a few years, and > don't know if it's still available. > > Have you thought of using a Fedora version that did come on CD like Core > 6, do a minimal install of that, and then upgrade to 8? > > Or, use the 8 Rescue CD and do an "on line" install? A lot of work, but > do-able. I'd recommend the "online" option. You basically use the boot CD and tell anaconda to install from an ftp server or an nfs share. I've done it with an ftp server. The ftp or nfs server has to serve up the DVD.
From: Philip on 23 Jul 2008 11:40
Richard Vaughn wrote: > I have some older, non-DVD reading machines that I need to upgrade to > FC8. > Hard to find the FC8 OS in CD form. > Anyone? > > Thanks, > -Richard Vaughn AFAIK there is no such thing as direct F8 install from CDs. However, F9 is available on CDs. |