Once upon a time, david <david@xxxxxxxx> said: > 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: You missed my suggestion: boot FreeDOS with a generic ATAPI CD-ROM driver (or appropriate SCSI drivers) and then use loadlin to boot. That should work (assuming loadlin can load current kernels/initrds; I haven't tried it in a long time). -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.