FC3 create floppy disk

David Curry dsccable at comcast.net
Sun Feb 27 05:21:41 UTC 2005


David Hoffman wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:56:34 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
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>>This isn't *quite* the same question asked in the FAQ; he's done the
>>install OK but wants a bootdisk...
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>Paul, the very first line of that FAQ mentions that the kernel can't
>fit on a floppy... "So, you can't boot or install from a floppy."
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>How much simpler is it than that to say that you can't have a make a
>floppy boot disk?
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Actually, David, it appears that the question of whether or not one can 
have a floppy boot disk for FC3 depends on what one means by floppy boot 
disk.

One responder to the list yesterday or the day before presented his 
solution - put Grub on the floppy and direct the system to a harddisk or 
CD boot image!




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