On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 13:41 +0200, Fabrice Beauvir wrote:
> hi all,
> I am unable to install FC3 without a CD/DVD drive.
>
> I 'd created 2 floppy , one for boot install , one containing net drivers.
> I 'd setup an HTTP dir named "Fedora" containing:
> - base from cd1
> - RPMS from 3 cds
> - disk1 containing cd1, disk2 containing2 cd2, disk2 containing2 cd2
> (as indicated in red hat install manual)
>
> I boot, and ask for an HTTP install.
> It retrieve base/stage2.img and I got this :" FC installation tree in
> that directory does not seem to mach your boot media"
>
>
> I notice (using crt-alt-3 screen) that anaconda try to acces to a CD
> drive ("Unable to iddentify CD-ROM format')
>
> So I haven't any net acces (in order to get RPM from mirrors) and no CD
> drive in my pc .
>
> Were I am wrong ?
The following approach from the CentOS list might help...
On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 09:17 +0300, Sukru TIKVES wrote:
> Previously (many years ago) I had to do the same thing with Slackware
> since I did not have an optical drive then.
>
> The process is like this:
>
> - Make a FAT partition
> - Copy all the installation files (all disks) to the FAT partition
> - You'll need a Kernel, a INITRD image and LOADLIN program
> -- Kernel and INITRD is in cd:/images/pxeboot
> -- You can find loadlin from the web
> - Boot DOS (probably via a floppy)
> - Use loadlin.exe to boot the linux kernel
>
> If I remember correctly the command line was like this:
>
> C:> LOADLIN.EXE VMLINUZ load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd.img RO
>
> But please check the loadlin documentation. I have not done this for
> years and I am not sure if it works with CentOS.
>
> -- sukru
>
> Takashi Nakamura wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >My computer has only primaly IDE but not secondaly.
> >I connected a hard drive as Master and DVD-R as Slave on IDE.
> >BIOS doesn't recognize IDE devices, but Windows XP that boots up from SATA
> >hard drive can recognize
> >DVD-R and can read files on the CentOS Installer Disk 1 of 4.
> >Is it possible to start Centos4 Installer from WindowsXP?
> >If possible, which file on Disk 1 should I click?
> >Even if they are possible, can CentOS boot up from IDE Master hard drive? I
> >think probably not.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Takashi Nakamura
>
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