installation - Installingl YaST on Fedora 17

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2014-07
  • user284520

    Is it possible to install YaST or YasST2 on Fedora 17, or is it only working on Suse distro's? I have been looking for an rpm or even source, so that I can compile and install.

    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

    Ing

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  • MetaNova

    That is a really, really, really bad idea. Yast was designed with SUSE in mind, and just won't work on Fedora. If you want Yast, install openSUSE.

    Also, Fedora 17 is no longer supported, you should really update.


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  • Prabhu

    Hi is it possible to install Fedora on a computer with a screwed CD/DVD Drive (Doesn't Work) and no USB Boot option on start up?

    I tried Unetbootin it doesnt work either I get "Invalid Boot File" on reload and it just loads Windows XP which is the current os on the system!

    Any other way??

    In response to what Ivo just said... basically i have the fedora 12 iso, i run Unetbootin and select the "Hard Disk" option, then unetbootin does its thing and asks me to restart the computer, which i do and according to the unetbootin website i should get something like a Grub Bootloader screen, which i dont and i get this text "Invalid Boot.ini File" Booting from C:\Windows and winxp starts up

    I did have a look at the Boot.ini file that unetbootin created and it had one line init.. which i dont remeber properly something like

    C:\something.mbr [ i did want to install fedora 12 as my primary and only operating system on the computer]

    I changed the boot.ini file's contents to the default winxp boot.ini file before posting this question cause unetbootin was not working.


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  • brice

    Essentially, yes, it is possible. It's essentially a remote install of FC.

    1. Defrag
    2. Repartition to have a small partition in which you unpack the .iso
    3. Install grub (That's the tricky one. you'll have to use grub4dos. The PuppyLinux wiki has a good walkthrough, although they do it slightly differently than I suggest)
    4. Boot from the new partition
    5. install fedora over the XP partition
    6. boot into fedora and remove the partition in which you've unpacked the .iso
    7. resize the fedora partitions appropriately to recover the lost space.

    But it remains easier to grab your disk and get a friend to install it for you on a separate machine.

    for more info on remote, headless installs have a look at the depenguinator or The Archlinux wiki. You have the advantage of having access to the screen/kbd and so don't need to set up ssh.

  • jfmessier

    If you have access to another computer and have some sapre time, I would recommend installing it using this other computer. Since Linux usually reconfigures itself well, you could install Linux on your drive by using another computer. Just take the hard disk and install it temporarily on another computer.

  • Bibhas

    Or bring someone's external DVD-R drive and connect it to USB.. then boot from it.

    Or use Fedora through VMWare(Just suggesting, do it if you think it'll serve your purpose)..