How to install FC3 w/o cdrom or usb

[steve_dum at mentorg.com]

In message <1100676204.27112.86.camel at localhost>you write:
>On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 12:18, Adam Mercer wrote:
>> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:39:36 +0530, Rahul Sundaram
>> <rahulsundaram at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > > The minimal boot image is now 5Mb so floppy seems to be out.
>> > > Some way to envoke a network install would be nice.
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>[snip from another mail list]
>Go to ftp://ftp.slackware.at/slackware-current/isolinux/sbootmgr/ and
>download the file named sbootmgr.dsk
>
This sounded like the most promising solution -- unfortunately this
boot manager doesn't recognize the cdrom which is off a pcmcia card.

steve

> It's a bootmanager. dd it to a blank floppy using the command
>
> dd if=sbootmgr.dsk of=/dev/fd0

> Boot your machine using the floppy. You will have an option to start
> the machine from CDROM drive. Put your CD in the CDROM drive, select
> the drive, press Enter if I'm not mistaken, and your machine should
> start from the CDROM drive.
>
>Either that or PXE boot if you can boot from network
>
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