Installing Fedora without a CDROM

[Jeff Vian]

On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 23:55, Rolf Gerrits wrote:
> $400  for a CDROM drive ??   .... check the prices !   You should be 
> able to find a good CDROM drive for $40  easy ...
> 
> Rolf
> 

NOTE: he said laptop.  Prices are not the same as for standard CDROM
drives used in a PC>

> Ted Q wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >  
> > I am a hopeful-Windows-convert-to-Fedora, and want to install Fedora 
> > onto my laptop.  My CDROM drive is broken, but want to install it 
> > anyways, without having to pay the incredible $$$ required for getting 
> > a replacement drive ($400?!). 
> >  
> > Can anyone tell me how to create a bootable floppy disk (1.44"?), from 
> > which i can run the installer and install the entire distro over the 
> > internet?  Or at least off of a usb or external cd drive? Is this even 
> > possible?  (installation over the internet is most ideal for me). Any 
> > help would be appreciated...thanks!
> >  
> > Ted