If this is a repeat, my apologies; I sent it several days ago and haven't seen it in the "piper" history.

If this is a repeat, my apologies; I sent it several days ago and haven't seen it in the "piper" history.

I have done hard disk installs using dvd.iso in the past several tilmes: f11,f12, f14, all using something llke title Install Fedora 14 hd0,0 sda1, repo=hd:/dev/sdb1:/root/df14iso root (hd0,0) #sda1 kernel /f14install/vmlinuz-install repo=hd:/dev/sdb1:/root/df14iso initrd /f14install/initrd.img-install

I presume the above would still work for f19 with obvious changes using grub2.

lately I have attempted using f19 netinst.iso., for which I found following advice

menuentry 'Fedora 19 netinst' { linux /vmlinuz-install stage2=hd:/dev/sda9:root/Fedora-19-i386-netinst.iso initrd /initrd.img-install }

Note "stage2=' not "repo="

Is "stage2=" intended only for netinst.iso, and "repo=" intended only for dvd,iso ?

or, just when can I use "stage2=" just when can I use "repo=" ?

I tried the above menuentry 'Fedora 19 netinst' with its "stage2=" and the installer came up but I couldn't manage the installer-- it seemed to insist on using all available space, and I could find no way to change that. and the install failed, with my usb external now forrmatted with 4 more large partitions. These I probably can remove with gparted........

If there is any general advice re using dvd.iso vs netinst.iso it would be greatly appreciated Jack