Re: Installing RH to PC without CD-ROM Drive

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 10:51:43PM -0500, rab wrote:
> Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> 
> >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,
> > 
> >
> 
> The first thing I did was read through the 7.0 manual. The problem is, 
> it seems to be inconsistent. It says more information on a hard drive 
> install is located in chapter 5, but I didn't see any information about 
> the hard drive install there (or anywhere else).
> 
> When you get to a certain part of the install, then it wants to know 
> where the install tree is on the hard drive. I tried to give the 
> directory but it would never accept the information.
> 
> How much of the first CD do I need to copy to the hard drive? What parts 
> of the CD need to be copied to the hard drive for a minimal install? I 
> only have about 130 mbs of space on the Windows partition (this is the 
> only space I have other than the partition for RH 7 and I can only get 
> the pcmcia card to work under Win95).
> 
> Rick B.

If you are that cramped for space, perhaps you should consider a
smaller distro.  See:

http://www.rule-project.org/en/
http://tiny.seul.org/

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.bobcatos.com
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