Main Website At http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html
What This Does
It's an installer for Windows or Linux users that lets you install Fedora (released versions 8 or 7, or the Rawhide development version) or CentOS (5.1) without a CD. The way it works is that a small (8 MB) installer places the PXE (netboot) version of the Fedora installer on your hard drive, and configures your boot loader, either NTLDR if using Windows, or GRUB if using Linux, to boot from the PXE installer, and downloads and installs Fedora from the net.
Requirements
You will need to either have a Windows (95-Vista) or Linux (any distro that uses GRUB) install already on your hard drive. You'll also need an internet connection. Apart from that, the requirements are the same as the standard Fedora requirements.
Instructions: Fedora 8
Download the appropriate installer package from http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=198821
If using Windows, download the .exe file, if using Fedora or another rpm-based distro, download the .rpm file, if using Ubuntu or another deb-based distro, download the .deb file, and if using a distro that doesn't support rpm or deb, download the sh file.
Then, install the package, and reboot. A menu entry should appear in the boot menu, titled "UNetbootin". Select that entry, and boot. When asked for a source of installation media, select "FTP".
You will then be prompted to specify a server and folder.
server: download.fedora.redhat.com
folder: pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os
Or, if you would like to install 64-bit Fedora, for the folder, specify:
folder: pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/x86_64/os
Then, the main installer will start, and wait as Fedora is downloaded and installed.
Instructions: Fedora Rawhide
Download the Fedora Rawhide package, then follow the same instructions as above, only for the server and folder, put:
server: download.fedora.redhat.com
folder: pub/fedora/linux/development/i386/os
or, if you want a 64-bit install, for the folder, specify:
folder: pub/fedora/linux/development/x86_64/os
Instructions: Fedora 7
Download the Fedora 7 package, then follow the same instructions as above, only for the server and folder, put:
server: download.fedora.redhat.com
folder: pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Fedora/i386/os
or, if you want a 64-bit install, for the folder, specify:
folder: pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Fedora/x86_64/os
Instructions: CentOS 5.1
Download the CentOS 5.1 package, then follow the same instructions as above, only for the server and folder, put:
server: mirrors.kernel.org
folder: centos/5.1/os/i386
or, if you want a 64-bit install, for the folder, specify:
folder: centos/5.1/os/x86_64
Troubleshooting
If you get an error like this:
Code:
could not retrieve images/stage2.img
Try inputting the IP address of download.fedora.redhat.com into the "server" field instead. You can determine the IP address using:
Code:
host download.fedora.redhat.com
More
UNetbootin also supports Ubuntu, openSUSE, Mandriva, Slackware, Arch Linux, and Debian. Post a reply if you need any help, new features, or another supported distro. The website is located at http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html
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