[TriLUG] fc2 boot floppy

Matt Frye mattfrye at gmail.com
Tue Sep 21 23:55:44 EDT 2004


> There is no FC2 boot floppy.
> There is simply not enough space in 1.44MB to include the kernel, an
> initrd image and preliminary installation programs.

Nothing lasts forever.  There's not enough space in 1.44MB, so they
decided to help themselves and make the boot image 6MB.  Funny, and
not.
 
> There is a 4MB boot.iso image that can be placed on a CD(RW) to boot and
> then install from network or harddrive images.  If you really want,
> there is a 128MB USB driveimage for booting from a USB device.

Yes, if your hardware supports that.  You can also install from isos
on your own hdd using an FC2 kernel in /boot.  It works pretty well
for minimal installs, but if you're doing something graphical, get
ready to fix X.

MPF



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