> > Fred Clearwater writes: > > All: > > > > I'm trying to install FC2 on an older system that does not support > > booting from the CD-ROM (there is a CD-ROM that works for reads but not > > booting). In the past, I've been able to create a floppy boot disk to > > start the install process and then continue from the CD-ROM drive to > > finish the install of other Linux versions. Apparently the floppy is not > > an option for FC2 according to what I've read due to kernel size. I read > > that there was a way to use a floppy to run grub to boot the system and > > then somehow access the CD-ROM to run the installation routine. I've got > > the system to boot up from a floppy with grub and leave me at the grub > > prompt on the system. I've tried copying the vmlinuz file from the > > CD-ROM to the hard drive and run that from the grub prompt but the end > > result is the system stops at a kernel panic. The install CD-ROM has a > > file called diskboot.img that the readme information > > indicates can be used to boot the system from a USB pen drive. Can I use > > that somehow from the hard drive to do the boot and install process or is > > there some other way? >On Monday 06 December 2004 20:18, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > I presume this is the vmlinuz images from images/pxeboot. > > If so, you also need to boot using initrd.img from the same directory. > Something like this. > > title Installer > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz > initrd /initrd.img Fred Clearwater writes: That worked! Just for the record in case someone else has this problem, here's the entire sequence: 1. Create a grub boot floppy disk. (Instructions for this can found in a how-to on the net) 2. Copy the vmlinuz and initrd.img files from the CD-ROM disk number 1 to the first hard drive on your target system. (this assumes that Linux is the only system to be installed. I formatted the drive as a FAT32 drive and booted the system using a DOS bootable recovery disk to copy the files from the CD-ROM since it had CD-ROM driver files to recognized the CD-ROM) 3. Leave the CD-ROM in the drive and use the grub floppy to re-boot the system. 4. At the grub prompt type a. "root (hd0,0)" and Enter (omit quotes) b. "kernel /vmlinuz" Enter c. "initrd.img" Enter d. "boot" Enter 5. This will load the kernel and start the installer on the CD-ROM. 6. Follow installation instructions to load FC2. Thanks, Fred Clearwater
