Floppy Install

[Mike Noble]

Dean Maluski wrote:
> Is it possible to boot from floppies for a CDROM install?
> I cannot find images on CD small enough and for some reason my machine
> won't boot from CD. It does PXE boot but trying to eliminate the work of
> setting a boot server up.
> 
> 

You should be able to setup the boot device sequence in the BIOS.
By default it is usually set as follows:

floppy
HD
CDROM

Change it to be:

floppy
CDROM
HD

This will allow it to find the boot image on the CDROM before the HD.

Mike
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