Since Fedora 7 only has a DVD iso, it presents a problem to us
cheapskates who don’t want to buy a DVD burner. First, you will
need to download the DVD iso file
here. Be sure to select a mirror that is close to you.
Also download the boot.iso file. Its usually located in a folder like:
releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/images Once this file is downloaded, burn
it as an ISO file to a CD. You will need this one to boot up the PC
you are going to install Fedora 7 on to.
This page will explain how to take a pc with pretty much
any version of Fedora on it, and set it up so you have your
own mini repository. This requires two PC’s, and a network
connection. You create a boot image on a CD, boot the second
PC from it, and do a network install using the ISO image that
is on the first PC, which lets the installing PC connect
via http, and pull the files it needs for installation.
Once this is set up, you then have a nice method for installing Fedora 7 on to other computers.
The first PC needs to have some version of Fedora on it, and is set
up as a webserver. For information on how to do this, see
my apache page here, or issue the following command:
Now create a mount point to the .iso file:
mkdir /mnt/f7
Set up Apache to serve the F7 files:
ln -s /mnt/f7 /var/www/html/fedora
The 'setenforce 0' is required because the security context of the F7
files does not permit them to be served by httpd.
Add them to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file so this feature won't be lost on server reboot.
Start http:
service httpd start
Next you need to make a boot CD for the second PC (the one that you will be installing Fedora 7 on)
Take the CD with the boot.iso on it, and boot the PC you want to install Fedora 7 on to with it.
Just follow the prompts.
When it asks you which install method, select http install method.
When it comes to configuring networking, just let it do DHCP (if your network supports it..) You will be able to assign a static IP later if you like.
When it asks you where to get the files, enter the IP of your http server you just set up, the folder you want is fedora.
Sit back, and watch it run!
yum install -y apache
Once apache is set up,
copy the F-7-i386-DVD.iso file into the folder that
the webserver uses (usually /var/www/html ) and make
sure you set permissions to 755. Also make sure you have at
least 4 Gig of free space in this folder as well!
mount –o loop /var/www/html/F-7-i386-DVD.iso /mnt/f7
setenforce 0