boot from floppy/network install

From: Andre (andreesje_at_[removeme)yahoo.com)
Date: 10/29/03 

Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:02:40 -0800

Hi all,
How can I install linux on a system with only a floppy disk and an ide
harddisk.
Unfortunately, this system doesn't have cdrom so I would like to boot a disk
that has ethernet support and then install the rest of the system over the
internet - this should be possible right?
I downloaded the slackware 7.1. net.i bootdisk, but if I boot with it, I
get error 0x04 at the boot prompt - does anybody know what this means?
thanks in advance

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