Re: HOW TO MAKE INSTALLABLE FLOPPY???

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 06:21:54 +0000
Vimol <mail2vimol yahoo com> claimed:

> I have one old Toshiba (T1950)Laptop with following configuration:
> CPU: 134Mhz
> RAM: 1MB
> FDD: 1.4""
> CD-Drive: NO
> Network card: NO
> 
> It is ruuning DOS currently.
> Now, I want to install Linux in it. I have Redhat version 6.x and 7.x.
> The problem is, I  can not install it from "CD". Because my Labtop
> does not have CD-DRIVE  and no provision for external CD-Drive.
> I have only one option to install Linux in it is from Floppy.
> 
> QS::
> HOW TO MAKE INSTALLABLE FLOPPY NOT BOOTABLE DISK , 
> WITH MININUM PACKAGES???

You can nix that idea with Redhat. If CD isn't available, other options are:

1. Network the machine and do an FTP or NFS install.
2. Partition the harddrive and put the ISOs on a partition, then install into the other partition.
3. Move the drive to a machine, install, and move it back.
4. Get something other than a Redhat situation. There are a lot of small (tiny) distros out there. Few of them will install from floppy unless all you need is a firewall. There are a couple that will work from CD, but if that isn't an option..... You might be able to do a Debian or Slackware install starting with floppy. But I imagine they need to access a network or CD at some point anyway, so you might not be much better off.

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