Dina-natha Das wrote:
> 
> > try copying the cd into a subdirectory with the "xcopy /c" command under
> > windows dos box, that shud do the trick of copying dirs with trans.tbl
> > file.. (that file will be skipped and xcopy will give an error)...
> 
> Yes, that's OK, I could get around that problem sooner or later, but the
> main problem is as you also pointed out in your next sentence how to point
> Red Hat installer to see base and rpms dirs on the FAT32 partition on the
> hard drive.
> 
> >also i
> > think that u might need to mount yr dos partition first before u can give
> a
> > base dir....
> 
> How to do that in setup? It looks like that it isn't possible in setup, I
> could be wrong.
> 
> Dnd.

well AFAIK, redhat can b made 2 use a pcmcia drive if u use the text
mode!!!
it can also b made 2 use a hdx partition for the install!!!
altho... from xperience.. debian does it all really neatly!!!

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