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The main purpose is to boot the vmlinzu image from the iso isolinxu directory .
Mount the iso image in the tmp dir with:

  mount -o loop Fedora-i386-dvd_or_disk1.iso tmp


In the windows open the iso with a archive program like WinRAR, and copy the isolinux and images directory to the same dir holding the fedora iso.
To boot the installation from the runing linux bootloader simply add these lines to the /boot/grub/menu.list or to the /etc/lilo.conf:

  tilte Linux Install
  root (hd0,x)
  kernel /isolinux/vmlinuz
  initrd /isolinux/initrd.img

With a cd writer we can make a fedora boot cd and install the DVD iso or cd iso's from hard disk
Mount the iso and copy all other staff without Packages to another folder for example fedora-boot and create iso with the command:

genisoimage -o fedora-boot.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
-c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -J -R fedora-boot
Brun this iso as image to a cd and boot the cd, in the boot menu hit the scape write:

linux askmethod

and select the installation from the hard disk.

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