Rick Stevens wrote:
bruce wrote:
hi...
i'm trying to figure out how to install FC3 on a RH8 system with a
floppy/harddrive, no cdrom.
There's no CDROM at all or you simply can't boot from it?
i've create the two floppy disk/boot floppies... i get the part where
i get
the 'boot:' prompt. when i enter 'linux askmethod', the system goes
ahead
and boots the existing linux/kernel (rh8).
so, what do i need to do to actually kick in the anaconda/fc3
installer to
put FC3 on the system...
i'm trying to get to the point where i actually have the FC3 install
gui...
You can't use boot floppies for any system that's based on a 2.6 kernel.
The kernel itself is too big to fit on a floppy. If you have a CD drive
but your system's BIOS won't let you boot it, go get Smart Boot Manager
(http://btmgr.webframe.org/index.php3?body=download.html) and put it
on a floppy, then boot that floppy. SBM will allow you to boot a CD
even though your BIOS doesn't support it.
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So I'm guessing that it is impossible to install Fedora on a machine
without a cdrom?
