On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 23:55, Rolf Gerrits wrote: > $400 for a CDROM drive ?? .... check the prices ! You should be > able to find a good CDROM drive for $40 easy ... > > Rolf > NOTE: he said laptop. Prices are not the same as for standard CDROM drives used in a PC> > 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! > > > > Ted
