Fedora 3 on PC with unbootable CD

From: Ewan (noone_at_nospam.com)
Date: 05/28/05


Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 08:53:07 GMT

Hi -

Can anyone advise on installing FC-3 on an old PC which doesn't allow
booting from CD please? I can boot into DOS and access the CD but can't
see any autoboot option in dosutils as exists on the RedHat Cds.

Thanks for any help,
Ewan



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