Installing Fedora without a CDROM
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Wed Nov 10 13:33:34 UTC 2004
On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 23:55, Rolf Gerrits wrote:
> $400 for a CDROM drive ?? .... check the prices ! You should be
> able to find a good CDROM drive for $40 easy ...
>
> Rolf
>
NOTE: he said laptop. Prices are not the same as for standard CDROM
drives used in a PC>
> 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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