Re: Installing RH to PC without CD-ROM Drive

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 12:49:01AM -0500, rab wrote:
> I have an old AST 900N laptop with 24mb of memory and 500mb harddrive 
> but no cd-rom drive. It does have 2 pcmcia slots that work (at least 
> under Win 95). I would like to install some form of linux with Xwindows. 
> TinyLinux installs but XFree86 would not install. If it is possible, I 
> would like to install RH 7. The install starts from the boot disk. Is 
> there any way to install without the cd-rom? There is not much room left 
> in the Win 95 partition (only 30 mb or so - I would have to delete a 
> number of programs). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Rick B.

Have you Read The Fine Manual?  Here is a link to the RH 7.1 manual.
The 7.0 manual appears to be no longer available.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.1-Manual/install-guide/s1-guimode-sel-method.html

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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