Re: Need fedora installation help

From: Ben Smith (fedora-list_at_deesconsulting.com)
Date: 10/30/04

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    Jin Malm wrote:

    > I burnt fedora core2 four iso images to four CDs. I've verified that
    > I can boot off the first CD on my P4 computer.
    >
    > I wanted to convert my old Pentium computer to a linux machine. It
    > has a Creative 8x CD-ROM and I manage to boot off the Window CDs but I
    > can't seem to boot off the Fedora CD.
    >
    > Can someone help?
    >
    > Cheers,
    > J
    >
    >

    Hi Jin,

    There are a few options for booting from a floppy instead. Here are a
    couple:

    Smart Boot Manager
    http://btmgr.webframe.org/

    Generic Linux Boot Floppy
    http://www.deesconsulting.com/glbf

    -Ben Smith
    Dees Consulting
    www.deesconsulting.com 

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