On 11/23/05, Darlene Wallach <wallachd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > I don't believe the above method addresses the OP's request for a floppy install. As little use of Google's search engine found the "Fedora Core Floppy Install", http://www.thisiscool.com/fcfloppy.htm . I cannot vouch for it since I have not tried it. But, hey, what do you have to lose?
