It is running Windows NT. I am starting fresh. -----Original Message----- From: Terry Polzin [mailto:fox3ec208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:59 PM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Installing FC3 without a bootable cdrom On Thursday 24 March 2005 21:00, Matthew Benjamin wrote: > I have a Dell Poweredge 4300 that I want to install FC3, however the > cdrom is not bootable and the BIOS does not give the option even after > it has been updated. Does anyone know an alternative or how to create > a boot floppy for FC3? > > mB. no floppy boot for FC3, what os is on the laptop now? Past posts have outlined a procedure for upgrading a maching allready running either RHL or FC check the archives for specifics. Basically you load the boot stuff in to your /boot partition and point your existing grub.conf at it.