Re: Installing FC2 using a boot floppy
From: Pierre-Yves Berger (linux_at_pyves.ch)
Date: 07/14/04
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:22:51 +0200 To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
On 14 juil. 04, at 07:21, Edward wrote:
>
>
> Joachim Backes wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> in FC1 as in previous RedHat versions, it was possible to install the
>> system
>> by a self made boot diskette using an image located somewhere in the
>> isos.
>> Because my PC BIOS is not able to boot from CD (but to run the
>> installation itself),
>> I need a possibility to make a boot diskette. Dies somebody have
>> experienced
>> similar problems?
>> Regards
>> Joachim Backes
>
> Asked and answered numerous times. Please check the archives in future.
>
> Short answer is no, you cannot install the OS from floppy. The long
> answer is that you can create a floppy that allows you to pick a boot
> device from a menu. Some people have reported success doing that. I
> forget the name of the program.
>
> Regards,
> Ed.
>
>
It is named Smart Boot Manager and you can find it here :
Worked fine for me.
Regards,
Pierre-Yves
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