floppy/hard-drive FC3 installation

[bruce]

although it seems to be somewhat difficult/confusing to figure out how to
use the Fedora/Anaconda gui to do an install if you only have a floppy, with
access t the isos via the HD, or the network....

but again, i'm pretty sure it's possible...

bruce


-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Arthur Pemberton
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:41 PM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: floppy/hard-drive FC3 installation


Rick Stevens wrote:

> 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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So I'm guessing that it is impossible to install Fedora on a machine
without a cdrom?

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