laptop install without flopy disk

[Emiliano Brunetti]

On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 09:54, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Emiliano Brunetti [mailto:emiliano_brunetti at idg.it]
> > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 4:46 PM
> > To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: laptop install without flopy disk
> > 
> > 
> > Well, i don't know whether this could work. I mean, my only 
> > boot device
> > is a legacy floppy disk (that i lost!) and that laptop can't 
> > boot either
> > from PCMCIA or USB. I also tried to get a bios upgrade in 
> > order to boot
> > from usb device, but couldn't find. So i thought of a new 
> > entry in grub
> > with some sort of specific 'install' kernel image to be able 
> > to boot and
> > fire up PCMCIA cd-rom or hdd and the installer program. 
> > But i don't know if this can be done. Any ideas?
> 
> 
> The only thing I can think of is Boot from Network?? NFS install?? FTP
> install??
> 
> Mind you.. Those are just suggestions.. I have _no_ idea how to get that
> done.

Well, thanks for your suggestions. However my point is how do i boot for
a fresh install, and not what specific method to choose. I mean, once
boot up is done, any install is good to me. But how do i boot up my
system wihtout standard boot devices?

Maybe there are install methods which are more suitable for this kind of
thing, and might make the difference. I don't know this. At present i'd
only like to know if a system that already has a linux os up and running
can boot a normal cd or hdd install without using floppy or cd boot.
Only hdd. 

Thanks anyway! :)

E.