Installing FC2 using a boot floppy

[Pierre-Yves Berger]

On 14 juil. 04, at 07:21, Edward wrote:

>
>
> Joachim Backes wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> in FC1 as in previous RedHat versions, it was possible to install the 
>> system
>> by a self made boot diskette using an image located somewhere in the
>> isos.
>> Because my PC BIOS is not able to boot from CD (but to run the 
>> installation itself),
>> I need a possibility to make a boot diskette. Dies somebody have 
>> experienced
>> similar problems?
>> Regards
>> Joachim Backes
>
> Asked and answered numerous times. Please check the archives in future.
>
> Short answer is no, you cannot install the OS from floppy. The long 
> answer is that you can create a floppy that allows you to pick a boot 
> device from a menu. Some people have reported success doing that. I 
> forget the name of the program.
>
> Regards,
> Ed.
>
>


It is named Smart Boot Manager and you can find it here :

http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/

Worked fine for me.

Regards,
Pierre-Yves