On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:51:17PM -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
--- Charles Curley <charlescurley(a)charlescurley.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:34:11PM -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
> > Thanks! So, can a 64-bit install be done from the USB....because one of my
> > machines only has an external DVD-R....
>
> I don't know about x86_64, but it works nicely on x86. If the machine
> won't boot to external USB, you can burn the boot image on the DVD to
> a CD, and boot to that. It will detect and use the USB DVD.
Sorry, but what does a USB DVD mean?
Sorry, I assumed from your comment above that your external DVD-R was
USB. Anyway, Anaconda usually uses the same kernel version as the
kernel to be installed, so anything the regular kernel can use
Anaconda should be able to use.
Looking at stuff, it appears that there is a boot.img for x86_64 for
usb -- however, this file is exactly the same as for i386. I don't
know much (anything) about these files, but shouldn't the files
actually be different....
I don't know why you need a 64 bit Anaconda; I should think a 32 bit
Anaconda would do just fine. But I'm no expert here. Maybe someone
will correct me.
Did you read the README in /images?
Or consider installing over your network. I do all my installs over
NFS these days. It's much faster.
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