how to install on thinkpad with *no* CD-ROM drive

[Ben Smith]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   colleague has a 4-YO (or so) "i" series thinkpad, on which the
> cd-rom drive has gone south, but he'd still like to install FC3.  the
> system does have a USB floppy drive from which one can boot.  so ...
> what are his options?  i realize there's no installation boot floppy
> any more with FC.
> 
>   he mentioned that he's used an intelligent boot manager from
> sourceforge (btmgr) but not in this context.   i can certainly make
> the FC3 ISO images available on the net, but how he gets to them is
> the mystery.
> 
>   thoughts?
> 
> rday
> 


Aside from the grub option already mentioned, this floppy can be used to 
boot from .iso images on vfat/ext partitions:

ftp://www.deesconsulting.com/glbf
http://www.deesconsulting.com/glbf


-Ben Smith
Dees Consulting
www.deesconsulting.com