floppy/hard-drive FC3 installation

[Rick Stevens]

bruce wrote:
> hi...
> 
> i'm trying to figure out how to install FC3 on a RH8 system with a
> floppy/harddrive, no cdrom.

There's no CDROM at all or you simply can't boot from it?

> i've create the two floppy disk/boot floppies... i get the part where i get
> the 'boot:' prompt. when i enter 'linux askmethod', the system goes ahead
> and boots the existing linux/kernel (rh8).
> 
> so, what do i need to do to actually kick in the anaconda/fc3 installer to
> put FC3 on the system...
> 
> i'm trying to get to the point where i actually have the FC3 install gui...

You can't use boot floppies for any system that's based on a 2.6 kernel.
The kernel itself is too big to fit on a floppy.  If you have a CD drive
but your system's BIOS won't let you boot it, go get Smart Boot Manager
(http://btmgr.webframe.org/index.php3?body=download.html) and put it
on a floppy, then boot that floppy.  SBM will allow you to boot a CD
even though your BIOS doesn't support it.
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