On Apr 5, 2005 9:21 AM, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > xthua wrote: > > hi everyone: fedora-list-request > > In our Univ,many people choose to install Fedora Core from harddisk,and need dosutils directory for boot installion. i'm puzzled with the disappearness of dosutils in the series after FC1. > > > > would anyone like to give some explaination? > > FC2 and FC3 are based on the 2.6 kernel, which will not conveniently fit > on a floppy disk. So installation from floppy disk is no longer > supported. Since the purpose of the dosutils utilities was to write the > installer floppy disk images, there is no longer any point including them. > > The best way to install FC2 or FC3 will depend on the hardware you have, > what is already installed on the computer (if anything), and what > devices the computer can boot from. > > Paul. > Google produced this site: Fedora Core 3 floppy install, http://www.thisiscool.com/fc3floppy.htm I have not tried it. If it works let us know. -- Kam
