Re: Installing Fedora 2

From: Thierry Sayegh (linux_at_glossolalie.org)
Date: 05/31/04

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    Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 20:21:18 +0100
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

    jli@mail.ratio-it.nl wrote:

    >Hi,
    >
    >How can I install Fedora 2 making use off a floppy bootdisk.
    >The Images that I see are extending the size off a floppy.
    >
    >Can somebody tell what to use the system that I want to install doesn't
    >support booting from CDRom
    >
    >Rgds,
    >John
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    Please use the list archive, this has been asked and answered already,
    and please do not send html messages.
    Due to the sheer size of the kernel, booting from floppy is NOT an
    option anymore.
    look at the alternatives... 

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