why not FC3 have dosutils directory?
Justin Zygmont
jzygmont at solarflow.net
Wed Apr 6 03:11:24 UTC 2005
I wonder if kernel-boot would be small enough to boot up from? I'm sure
the RULE installer has a way around the size problem, maybe RULE has
become suddenly become the only choice for installing with many computers.
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Paul Howarth wrote:
> xthua wrote:
>> hi everyone: fedora-list-request
>> In our Univ,many people choose to install Fedora Core from harddisk,and
>> need dosutils directory for boot installion. i'm puzzled with the
>> disappearness of dosutils in the series after FC1.
>>
>> would anyone like to give some explaination?
>
> FC2 and FC3 are based on the 2.6 kernel, which will not conveniently fit on a
> floppy disk. So installation from floppy disk is no longer supported. Since
> the purpose of the dosutils utilities was to write the installer floppy disk
> images, there is no longer any point including them.
>
> The best way to install FC2 or FC3 will depend on the hardware you have, what
> is already installed on the computer (if anything), and what devices the
> computer can boot from.
>
> Paul.
>
>
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