floppy bootdisk...

[Billy Tallis]

On 4/29/05, bruce <bedouglas at earthlink.net> wrote:
> hi..
> 
> i tried to create a floppy bootdisk on a RH8 system. when i insert the
> floppy and reboot, i get the 'boot' prompt. however, when i enter 'linux
> askmethod' the system goes ahead and continues to reboot, using the current
> RH operating system. the system never starts the installation process for
> the new FC. i used the following command to create the boot disk.
> 
> am i lacking/misunderstanding something?
> 

Yes. RH8 is very different from FC3. For starters, the kernel in RH8
could be made to fit on a floppy. The same cannot be said for FC3. If
you just are having trouble booting to the CD, put Smart Boot Manager
on a floppy and use that to boot the CD.