Well, the site now needs a new structure but I can't work on it for the moment, so here is a new tutorial, which will later be included in the "advanced" tutorials section ("advanced" in oposition to the basic tuts needed to understand the site).
You need (if you want to follow exactly and serenely our walkthrough) :
- Some Windows 32 or 64 bits installed and operational
- Some burning software (if you don't have one, you can use DeepBurner -
http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download - not tested)
- FC3 installed on an ext2 or ext3 partition
- FC3's rescue CD - ed2k://|file|Linux_Fedora%20Core_FC3-i386-rescuecd.iso|79908864|B88E1E71835C10B32524415D4C1D4515|/ (you can probably use another FC3 CD, eg CD1 or the DVD, instead of the rescue CD, but I didn't try)
- Explore2fs -
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm- The root password ;)
Instructions :
- boot from the rescue CD andhit Enter to launch the rescue mode (if you are booting from CD1/DVD, type "<b>linux rescue</b>")
- choose the language, then the keyboard
- it asks for something about the network... I answered yes but I think you can choose whichever you want
- then it asks if you want it to mount the system on /mnt/sysimage → choose <b>Continue</b> (do not choose read only)
- now we have the command line :)
- type "<b>chroot /mnt/sysimage</b>" (I thinks it loads the system)
- connect as a root by typing "<b>su</b>" (or "su -", I don't know what difference it makes)
- find out the kernel version by typing "<b>uname -r</b>"
- create the CD image by typing "<b>/sbin/mkbootdisk --verbose --iso --device /root/boot.iso 2.6.9-1.667</b>" (replace 2.6.9-1.667 by your kernel version) : this instruction creates a boot CD image named boot.iso in the /root folder (--verbose means it tells you what it's doing, and I don't know what the use of --device is)
- eject the CD and reboot (CTRL+ALT+DEL)
- run Explore2fs and use it to get the boot CD image, which is in your linux partition, in the /root folder
- burn the CD (I strongly advise you to use a rewritable media, for you'll need to create a new boot CD every time you'll update your kernel - note that you can boot a new kernel with a CD with an older version, but then the running kernel will be the old one)
- CONGRATULATIONS, you've just won a beautiful FC3 boot CD !