You could try a network install. If you have a broadband connection you can create a boot disc and then boot from an ftp site. The boot disc will try to get your Ethernet interface working, and then ask you for an ftp address to load from. Here is one you might try ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/linux/mandrake/8.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS (you might only need ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/linux/mandrake/8.1/i586 )
Instructions can be found on the boot CD in the file install.htm Never tried it myself, and it will be ssllooww derek On Monday 28 January 2002 01:52, Brian Parish wrote: > Don't think you can get around it that way. Only 2 possibilities I can > think of: > > 1: Get a cable to allow you to connect the CD drive externally while the > floppy is installed (if the machine has an external connection you can > plug into) > > 2: Get a BIOS upgrade. Have you looked for these? Even a relatively > old bios may have been upgraded to allow a CD boot. > > Brian > > On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 04:11, Tom Harris wrote: > > I just bought Mankrake 8.1 Standard edition but I am having trouble > > installing. The problem is that my laptop as a space for a floppy drive > > and CD-ROM drive however I can only have one in at once at my BIOS won't > > allow me to boot from a CD. Because I cannot use both floppy and CD at > > once I can't use a boot disk. The only workaround I can think of is to go > > into dos or whatever and open the install file but I don't what it is. > > Please could someone reply and tell me the name of the file. > > > > Tom. > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
