Install Fedora17 on a hard disk in Windows 8

1. installation environment and tool installation environment: Windows8ReleasePreviewFedora version: Fedora-17-i386-DVD.iso Installation Tool: Grub24dos (Grub2forDos), environment (in G 1. installation environment and Tool

Installation environment: Windows 8 Release Preview

Fedora: Fedora-17-i386-DVD.iso

Installation Tool: Grub24dos (Grub 2 for Dos), http://www.linuxidc.com/Linux/2012-07/66719.htm

Grub24Dos installation instructions (also described in the Grub24dos compressed package ):

(1) decompress the downloaded package to C: Drive, And the folder name is grub2;

(2) Go to the C: \ grub2 \ installdirectory and run grub24dos.exe (administrator privilege required );

(3) Configure Grub2 (no need to modify) and click OK (this step is actually to modify Windows BCD );

(4) After the system is restarted, you can see the Grub2 For Dos option in the Grub2 boot menu, and then you can enter Grub2;

2. Installation Process

(1) Copy vmlinuz and initrd. img under the isolinux folder in the Fedora-17-i386-DVD.iso to
Under the root directory of the FAT32 partition;

(2) Put the Fedora-17-i386-DVD.iso under the same partition root directory as vmlinuz;

(3) restart the system to enter Grub24dos, and press the C key to enter the grub command line interface;

(4) enter the following command:

grub> linux (hd1, msdos4)/vmlinuz linux askmethod repo=hd:/dev/sdb4:/grub> initrd (hd1, msdos4)/initrd.imggrub> boot

　　　 NOTE 1: The red font part needs to be modified based on the location where your file (vmlinuz, initrd. img, Fedora-17-i386-DVD.iso) is placed. (Hd ?, ?) Is used to tell grub2 vmlinuz and initrd. where is the imgfile? repo = hd:/dev/sdb4 is used to tell initrd (initial ram disk) the location of the specific installation file (that is, the iso file.

NOTE 2: Since I put the vmlinuz, initrd. img and Fedora-17-i386-DVD.iso files in the U disk, so (hd1 ,?), Instead of (hd0 ,?); Similarly, what about sdb ?, Instead of sda ?. (I only have one hard disk)

(5) If all the commands entered above are correct, you can enter the installation interface of Fedora17.