Re: fedora install using floppy

From: Arthur Pemberton (dalive_at_flashmail.com)
Date: 04/30/05

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To: bedouglas@earthlink.net, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

    bruce wrote:

    >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..
    >
    >
    I just checked

    http://www.thisiscool.com/fc3floppy.htm

    Where did it say that you have to have dos on the drive?

    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com
    >[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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