Unable to boot from CD with old PC need 1.44MB size file
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Tue May 31 18:30:59 UTC 2005
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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