Joe Zeff wrote: >> What would that mean? Normally, you are overwriting the hard drive, so >> where would you put the installer files?
> I think he means extracting the .iso to one partition and using it to > install Fedora on the rest of the drive (or even on a different drive) > while not reformatting that partition. Exactly. > I'm not sure why he wants to do > this, but it does look like it should be possible. Because it seems to me to cut out one step in a fairly onerous process. At the moment I download the ISO to /dev/sda9 (or something like that), and then install it on a USB stick, which in my case seems to take an average of 2 or 3 attempts, and then install the OS from the stick. The basic assumption seems to be that most people will burn a CD or DVD. Is that true any more? It is years since I burned a CD, and in fact several machines I have don't have a CD/DVD drive. I normally use the LiveUSB Creator to get a live OS on a USB stick. But as I said, this usually takes me a couple of tries, eg because the USB stick is not in the correct state. (I've found that Windows offers the most reliable way of preparing the USB stick.) Personally, I have several partitions that have nothing to do with Fedora, eg for photos or Windows, and that is where I download the ISO. > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
