On Fri, 30 May 2003, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote:
Matthew Saltzman wrote:
Can you boot from a floppy? The isos have images for boot and driver floppies that you can copy off. Booting from there, you are prompted about where to find the install images.
I can boot from CD and do an expert install, which also gives me a choice of location.
True.
:-D
To answer your question though, yes, I can boot from a floppy. To get those files though I have to do wonky mount commands (at least wonky in my opinion (I mean, come on, 'mount -t iso9660 /path/to/iso /mnt/point is wonky, ain't it? :-p)). I think I'll try the 7.2 cd expert install
I think it's rather cool. Don't forget the "-o loop" option.
Wonky does not preclude coolness. :-p
Why do I need the '-o loop' option?
approach first. Good thing I'm only doing an upgrade. ;)
I don't know for sure, but I seem to recall that the install image knows something about the version, or the installer needs to run with a matching kernel. But good luck...
Actually, I had started an internet upgrade to 8.0, but got scared and backed out
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