install needs a driver disc

Ronald Hawkins ron at stacron.com
Fri May 21 23:15:20 UTC 2004


Antti wrote:

>I tried the hard-drive installation method. Put the initrd.img and
>vmlinuz files to the right place and booted with them. When I select the
>Hard drive option from the installation methods I get the prompt where
>it asks if I want to use a driver disc. Is suppose this isn't a bug.
>What drivers do I need? 
>
>Is it possible to start ftp or http installations without a floppy or a
>cdrom? I'm just wondering my options to get the new FC2 installed.
>
>ps. I wouldn't like to use apt for upgrading
>
>
>  
>
You may not need any drivers.  The text expert mode has always prompted 
you to insert a drivers disk, if you have one.  I have found that you 
can decline this step and it will continue smoothly unless you 
specifically know you need a special driver.   But that is how it has 
been in the past.





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