Installing Fedora without a CDROM
Rolf Gerrits
RM.Gerrits at quicknet.nl
Wed Nov 10 05:55:39 UTC 2004
$400 for a CDROM drive ?? .... check the prices ! You should be
able to find a good CDROM drive for $40 easy ...
Rolf
Ted Q wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a hopeful-Windows-convert-to-Fedora, and want to install Fedora
> onto my laptop. My CDROM drive is broken, but want to install it
> anyways, without having to pay the incredible $$$ required for getting
> a replacement drive ($400?!).
>
> Can anyone tell me how to create a bootable floppy disk (1.44"?), from
> which i can run the installer and install the entire distro over the
> internet? Or at least off of a usb or external cd drive? Is this even
> possible? (installation over the internet is most ideal for me). Any
> help would be appreciated...thanks!
>
> Ted
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