RE: fedora install using floppy

From: bruce (bedouglas_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 04/30/05

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    To: "'jim lawrence'" <fedorajim@gmail.com>, "'For users of Fedora Core releases'" <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:51:00 -0700

    already saw this, and quite a few others on google.. this isn't suitable,
    given that it requires you to have dos on the drive, and a few other
    issues...

    but thanks..

    -----Original Message-----
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    [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com]On Behalf Of jim lawrence
    Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:07 AM
    To: For users of Fedora Core releases
    Subject: Re: fedora install using floppy

    On 4/30/05, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@mac.com> wrote:
    > On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 09:13 -0700, bruce wrote:
    > > hi...
    > >
    > > still struggling with this issue..
    > >
    > > for those new to the problems, we have a number of systems that only
    have
    > > floppies.. we need to be able to install FC3 on the systems. we have the
    FC3
    > > iso files on a http/ftp server on the network. our need is to somehow
    come
    > > up with a floppy that will allow us to insert the floppy, load any
    required
    > > drivers, and allow us to start the Fedora installation process.
    >
    > kernel is too big to fit on a floppy unfortunately.
    > If you can boot from a usb key, that will work though.
    >
    > I suppose it might be possible to build a custom kernel that is small
    > enough and then build a custom fc3 install set that uses that kernel,
    > but I don't know if that is possible, or worth the effort.
    >
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    ask google and you shall recieve...
    First hit
    http://www.thisiscool.com/fc3floppy.htm 

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