how to install on thinkpad with *no* CD-ROM drive

[Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu]

On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 15:00, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   colleague has a 4-YO (or so) "i" series thinkpad, on which the
> cd-rom drive has gone south, but he'd still like to install FC3.  the
> system does have a USB floppy drive from which one can boot.  so ...
> what are his options?  i realize there's no installation boot floppy
> any more with FC.

Network install.  Of course, that means the latop must have a bootable
NIC.  Check the BIOS: there should be an option to choose the boot
device (look for Network Boot or something similar).

HTH,

Ranbir

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