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All steps taken during this document are performed by the '''root''' superuser.  In order for this to work your '''/boot''' directory needs to be a part of a separate filesystem than what you intend to install on. 
 
=Downloading Images= 
 
The two files you'll need to download are the installation kernel & the initial ram disk.  As of this writing Fedora 9 is the latest, so I'll use that as an example. 
 
* 32-bit : ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/i386/os 
* 64-bit : ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/os 
 
At that URL you'll see a few directories, the one you're most interested in is '''isolinux/''', inside of that you'll see '''vmlinuz''' & '''initrd.img'''.  Download both of these to /boot, saving them as '''F9''' & '''F9.img''' respectively. 

 wget -O /boot/F9 ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/os/isolinux/vmlinuz 
 wget -O /boot/F9.img ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/x86_64/os/isolinux/initrd.img 

=Configure GRUB= 
 
Next you'll want to add a stanza to your /etc/grub.conf to load these files on boot, a stanza similar to this should take care of everything. 

 title F9 Installation 
        kernel /F9 graphical 
        initrd /F9.img 

=Reboot & Install= 
 
* Once you've completed configuring your GRUB configuration, you'll want to reboot your system.  When the GRUB boot screen comes up press <ESC> & select '''F9 Installation'''. 
 
[[Image:Grub Installation 01 Grub Screen.png]]

* On the next few screens you'll select your language & keyboard setup.
 
[[Image:Grub Installation 02 Language Selection.png]]
[[Image:Grub Installation 03 Keyboard Selection.png]]

* Now you'll select what sort of installation you'll want to perform, here we'll select URL.
** If you want to install from a hard drive you'll need the '''.iso''' images in whatever directory you specify.

[[Image:Grub Installation 06 Source Selection.png]]

* The defaults for your network configuration should be fine.

[[Image:Grub Installation 07 Network Configuration.png]]

* Enter in the URL you'll be installing from, make sure you preface it with ftp:// or http://
** I've noticed that most FTP sites throttle their traffic while HTTP is rarely throttled

[[Image:Grub Installation 08 Source Input.png]]

* Here we're downloading the second stage of the installation, go get something to drink... this will take a while.

[[Image:Grub Installation 09 Downloading Stage2.png]]

* Voila!  You're ready to install Fedora.  Have fun.

[[Image:Grub Installation 10 GUI Installation.png]]