Howto install Fedora when no usual methods can be used

So, for all you people who have boxes which can't boot from USB, or can't burn Fedora install disc due to not having burners or so, but already have a linux installation available or on the guilty box, this howto is for you.

What we will be doing is getting the bootable iso from a Fedora mirror, then adding these contents to your current installations /boot folder/partition, and modifying the bootloader configuration. In this howto I am assuming that your distro you have on uses grub to boot, and that you connect to the internet via a network connection. I will look in to how to do this in other ways shortly.

Firstly, go to here and find a mirror near you. Go to that mirror, and then go browse down to get the boot.iso for the version of Fedora you are trying to install.
Example, for getting Fedora 7 boot.iso from the Argonne National Laboratory Public Software Mirror you would browse down to the folder here (releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/images/) and then get the boot.iso from there. When you have this file, open a terminal and become root by typing 'su --login' (without the quotes)

Now, do the following:

mkdir /mnt/booter
mkdir /boot/fedora-i
mount -o loop /path/to/boot.iso/file /mnt/booter
cp -R /mnt/booter/* /boot/fedora-i/
nano -w /boot/grub/menu.lst           note: If the /boot/grub/menu.lst file does not exist, do 'nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf'

Scroll down to the absolute bottom of this file, and then add the following text to it:

title Fedora (installer)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /fedora-i/isolinux/vmlinuz askmethod
        initrd /fedora-i/isolinux/initrd

Press Ctrl+x to quit and save.

Now, before rebooting this box, take again the mirror closest to you. Write down the hostname/servername for it (from our above example this would be mirror.anl.gov) and *seperately* the URL path (the remaining /pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/ from our example). You will need this when you select the installation source.

Now, reboot this box and then select the "Fedora (installer)" option from the boot menu. When it gets to asking where to install from, select the appropriate option and continue. For instructions on all the various network install methods, go here.

Enjoy using Fedora.