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I was able to put the iso images on a
disk. with RH9, you can boot linux from fd0. Linux install asks
where the iso images are. you tell them the directory. I put them in
a DOS directory. I am pretty sure this wlould also work with a Linux
directory. You can also install from another computer; but aparently my
NIC card is not one of the standard NIC cards. I used rawrite (DOS
utility) but you should also be able to do Linux DD. Rawrite is on Disk1,
in DOSUTILS. The fd0 boot images are on Disk1, directory:
images.
I tried to do this with Fedora, but I
get: "Boot failed, please change disks and press a key to
continue."
Any one know how to do this with
Fedora?
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:15
PM
Subject: Installing Fedora from ISO
Images
I am currently running Windows XP / Mandrake 9.1
on a Dell Inspiron 5100. I was planning on upgrading to Mandrake
9.2 (mainly for ACPI) and decided to give Fedora a try. Well that's
the preample. But, here is the catch. I didn't pay for the external floppy
drive, or a CD writer. So, I've downloaded the ISO images, I have verified the
MD5SUM, I can even mount the images and view the files inside. But as far as I
can tell, without writing the images to a CD, it appears that I can't do
anything usefull with them. It seems like it should be possible to mount the
images during the install process, instead of the CD-ROM. Has anyone ever
tried that?
Thanks,
David Hunt
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