Re: Unable to boot from CD with old PC need 1.44MB size file

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Rick Wagner wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 May 2005 10:38 am, Farkas, Roderic R. wrote:
>
> > I will be using Fedora Core 3 at the months end but currently have Core 2
> > from Thompson Pub. with a Wells text I use. I have dual boot Red Hat 9.0
> > and Windows 200 Pro. I want instal the publishers copy) before I use it and
> > cannot boot from the 1st CD (in a set of four). I know I'll need a small
> > file maybe a floppy that I can start the install process from. The message
> > I keep getting is the CD is not being found. Does anyone have a file I
> > could use to get booted into Fedora Core 2.
>
>
> Check the list archives.  There are a couple of messages on how to upgrade 
> from earlier versions of RH/FC.  They involve copying select files from the 
> FC distro CD to your /boot partition, updating your boot loader, and booting 
> into the installer from your hard drive.  Note again, this only works for 
> upgrade, not a clean install.

You can also get something like Smart BootManager:

	http://btmgr.webframe.org/

This is a media-agnostic boot program that fits on a floppy and will
let you boot almost any media on your machine.
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