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redhat 6 on a comp without floppy

  • 05-10-2005 07:20PM
    #1
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭


    ok ive got a P1 lappy with 16MB of ram and i wanna install redhat 6 on it now it can boot cds but the redhat 6 cd aint bootable.......would the only way to do this be burn the bootable flopppy to cd or is there an easier way?


Comments

  • #2
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭niallb


    Burning the floppy to CD sounds pretty easy.
    Easier still might be to unpack the CD in a directory on another machine,
    and burn the whole lot using the floppy image as the boot image.

    NiallB


  • #3
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    tbh with ya i dunno how to burn img files


  • #4
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭niallb


    Smart Boot Manager might allow you boot the CD you already have.

    What system would you be burning CDs on?
    An iso image is a copy of a CD, ready to be burned,
    rather than a file you copy to CD.

    Under linux, you would use mkisofs and
    use the -b bootdisk.img option to make it the bootable "floppy" for the CD.

    More details if you need them, but try SMB first.

    NiallB


  • #5
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    the lappy boots fine from cd but no floppy drive and redhat cd non bootable


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