why not FC3 have dosutils directory?

[Justin Zygmont]

I wonder if kernel-boot would be small enough to boot up from?  I'm sure 
the RULE installer has a way around the size problem, maybe RULE has 
become suddenly become the only choice for installing with many computers.


On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Paul Howarth wrote:

> xthua wrote:
>> hi everyone: fedora-list-request
>>     In our Univ,many people choose to install Fedora Core from harddisk,and 
>> need dosutils directory for boot installion. i'm puzzled with the 
>> disappearness of dosutils in the series after FC1.
>> 
>>     would anyone like to give some explaination?
>
> FC2 and FC3 are based on the 2.6 kernel, which will not conveniently fit on a 
> floppy disk. So installation from floppy disk is no longer supported. Since 
> the purpose of the dosutils utilities was to write the installer floppy disk 
> images, there is no longer any point including them.
>
> The best way to install FC2 or FC3 will depend on the hardware you have, what 
> is already installed on the computer (if anything), and what devices the 
> computer can boot from.
>
> Paul.
>
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