Is there a doc that describes how to create a floppy that will boot and then switch over to the installation CD? It looks to me like this should be possible using grub on the floppy. Charles L. Sliger, Information Systems Engineer, chaz at bctonline.com "No matter where you go, there you are..." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060926/7ae0b1f7/attachment-0002.html>
On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 12:25 -0700, Charles Sliger wrote:> Is there a doc that describes how to create a floppy that will boot > and then switch over to the installation CD? > > It looks to me like this should be possible using grub on the floppy.Kernel image too big, IIRC? That's why they don't have an "image" directory for boot floppies. I hear that a network install is a good way to go. Check the archives as I've not done that on CentOS.> <snip> > Charles L. Sliger, Information Systems Engineer, chaz at bctonline.com > <snip add'l sig stuff>HTH -- Bill
Charles Sliger spake the following on 9/26/2006 12:25 PM:> Is there a doc that describes how to create a floppy that will boot and > then switch over to the installation CD? > > It looks to me like this should be possible using grub on the floppy.Are you trying to install on a machine that doesn't allow booting from CD? There is a boot floppy using smart boot manager that allows you to boot from a cd on systems that don't have the option. http://btmgr.webframe.org/ -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
Charles, Please share with us, what you would like to do. Describe that well and then expect right answers. Paul -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org on behalf of Charles Sliger Sent: Tue 26/09/2006 20:25 To: 'CentOS mailing list' Cc: Subject: [CentOS] Install Using Floppy/CD Is there a doc that describes how to create a floppy that will boot and then switch over to the installation CD? It looks to me like this should be possible using grub on the floppy. Charles L. Sliger, Information Systems Engineer, chaz at bctonline.com "No matter where you go, there you are..." This e-mail and all attachments have been scanned by the HighSpeed Office virus scanning service powered by MessageLabs and no known viruses were detected. This e-mail and all attachments have been scanned by the HighSpeed Office virus scanning service powered by MessageLabs and no known viruses were detected. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 2753 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060926/a191bbb9/attachment-0002.bin>