On Tue, 18 May 2004, david wrote: > I and others on the list have asked for help because of no floppy bootstrap > install capability for installing FC2. > > Numerous alternatives have been suggested, but they have failed for > me. Rejected alternatives include: > > 1) Find an unused partition (well, I don't have one) > 2) Use BootMagic to boot from CDROM - (I tried it, but the cdrom doesn't > seem to be properly supported after anaconda starts) > 3) Use USB pendrive (sorry, machine is too old for that, and ROM doesn't > support anything except floppy and hard drive) > 4) Use tftp - gosh ... I wouldn't even know where to start for that. > > I personally wouldn't mind if the two diskette method of FC1 (one kernel > and one for drivers) became several diskettes. I then used the network and > finished the load via FTP. > > Or, perhaps the minimum hardware requirements of Fedora should be amended. > > So, I hope the proper people can give this some consideration. > > If I have posted this to the wrong mailing list, I'm sure I'll hear about it. > > David Kurn Amen to that, David! Hopefully, they will hear. It's still the best way for me. ******************************************************************************* Gilbert Sebenste ******** (My opinions only!) ****** Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** E-mail: gilbert@xxxxxxx *** web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** Work phone: 815-753-5492 * *******************************************************************************
