Re: Unable to boot from CD with old PC need 1.44MB size file

From: Rick Stevens (rstevens_at_vitalstream.com)
Date: 05/31/05

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    Rick Wagner wrote:
    > On Tuesday 31 May 2005 10:38 am, Farkas, Roderic R. wrote:
    >
    >>I will be using Fedora Core 3 at the months end but currently have Core 2
    >>from Thompson Pub. with a Wells text I use. I have dual boot Red Hat 9.0
    >>and Windows 200 Pro. I want instal the publishers copy) before I use it and
    >>cannot boot from the 1st CD (in a set of four). I know I'll need a small
    >>file maybe a floppy that I can start the install process from. The message
    >>I keep getting is the CD is not being found. Does anyone have a file I
    >>could use to get booted into Fedora Core 2.
    >
    >
    > Check the list archives. There are a couple of messages on how to upgrade
    > from earlier versions of RH/FC. They involve copying select files from the
    > FC distro CD to your /boot partition, updating your boot loader, and booting
    > into the installer from your hard drive. Note again, this only works for
    > upgrade, not a clean install.

    You can also get something like Smart BootManager:

            http://btmgr.webframe.org/

    This is a media-agnostic boot program that fits on a floppy and will
    let you boot almost any media on your machine.
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