On Tuesday November 9 2004 19:14, Ted Q wrote: > Hi, > > I am a hopeful-Windows-convert-to-Fedora, and want to install Fedora onto > my laptop. My CDROM drive is broken, but want to install it anyways, > without having to pay the incredible $$$ required for getting a replacement > drive ($400?!). > > Can anyone tell me how to create a bootable floppy disk (1.44"?), from > which i can run the installer and install the entire distro over the > internet? Or at least off of a usb or external cd drive? Is this even > possible? (installation over the internet is most ideal for me). Any help > would be appreciated...thanks! Fedora install is too big to fit on a FD any more ;-( There is an image called bootdisk.iso which can be copied to a USB key etc so long as your laptop will boot USB devices, but with out a CD drive you will also need a server for the tree NFS, FTP, HTTP are the options. But may not be for the first time installer. The procedure isn't too much different than the RedHat 9 days so for a documentation resource I'd look there on-line. Good Luck Terry
