RM Christiansen wrote:
I want to install FC4 i386 on an older computer. The CD-Rom is not bootable.
Hard disk or Floppy (3-1/2) are my only boot choices.
Is there a way to create a floppy boot set to start the install from?
Please point to a web site where I can research the start point to
installing any linux dist.
Thanks,
-RMC
Here are instructions Conor Daly sent me when I asked
on another list how I could install from CDs and I
cannot configure my BIOS to boot from a scsi cdrom -
it is only configure to boot from an IDE cdrom:
[begin instructions]
1. Loopmount diskboot.img
2. Copy vmlinuz and initrd.img (with unique names) to
your /boot directory
3. Configure grub (you should be on grub with RH7.3)
to boot from the copied kernel
4. At boot time type 'linux askmethod' and you'll get
to specify the CDROM
I used this method to install FC3 online. Just downloaded
the boot.iso and chose 'ftp' as the install method...
or
1. Copy boot.iso to your hard disk
2. Configure grub to boot from the iso [0]
3. At boot time type 'linux askmethod' and you'll get to
specify the CDROM
This assumes that there is a suitable scsi driver available
in the initrd.img. If not, you can go about it this way.
1. copy the contents of the CDs to the hard disk (second
and subsequent CDs' rpm files go in the RPMS directory
copied from the first CD
2. Use either of the above boot methods and specify 'hard
disk' as the source.
NB. Make sure you copy the CD contents to a filesystem
that is _not_ going to be formatted at install time
otherwise there'll be nothing there for the installer
to use!
Conor
[0] Booting direct from an iso is mentioned here:
http://www.linux.ie/lists/pipermail/ilug/2005-February/022062.html
Basically, it's:
grub> chainloader hd(0,0)/image.iso
grub> boot
[end instructions]
Hope that helps,
Darlene
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