bootdisk.img for fc2

[Scott Talbot]

On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 15:43, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 09:56:50PM +0200, Olaf Mueller wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > where can I get a bootdisk.img file for an 1.44MB floppy disk for
> > Fedora Core 2. I can't boot from my cdrom, so I have to create a
> > bootable floppy disk. Fedora Core 1 has had a bootdisk.img file for
> > 1.44MB floppy disks, but not so fedora core 2 does. There is only a
> > diskboot.img file for VFAT filesystems and medias larger than a
> > floppy.
> > Where can I get this bootdisk.img file from?
> 
> You can't. The kernel is too big to allow a floppy to boot.
> 
> In the last day or so I posted a message to this list describing Smart
> Boot Manager, which you can install on a floppy. You can boot to it,
> which will let you boot to CD-ROM.
> 
> In future, please check the archives before posting questions; this
> one has been asked (too) many times before.

	Even better, while you're installing, read the release notes, that's
why they are always on the first CD.

Scott