These are the few option I can think of. 1) Copy iso of the DVD on the harddisk and point the installer there. (easiest) 2) Put the iso on http/ftp/nfs and point the installer to the location on the network. 3) Use a usb DVD rom. HTH Arun On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 20:39 -0400, Miata Red wrote: > I am having real difficulties installing FC5 on my Tablet PC Toshiba 3500. > > It has no built-in CD or DVD, rather it's an external model that uses a > PCMCIA card. > > I have done the DVD from the image on the Fedora site. > > I can boot from the DVD and I press Enter to get the installation going, It > starts, I pick the language and keyboard, then it starts loading. > > Then FC wants to know where the Installation files are: CD-ROM, Hard Drive, > and 2 more choices. > > If I pick CD-ROM it wants a driver or driver disk - and none of the offered > choices work... > > I have researched the web for a few weeks now and have no idea what to do > next. > > I have some info on creating a floppy to load the Linux driver for PCMCIA to > load on the floppy first, but I am at a loss to do this - I am new to Linux > and want to learn it - but I need to install it first. > > Can anyone shed some light ??? any ideas ??? > > Many thanks. > > Denis >