> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn McMahon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 1998 4:39 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: newbie HELP
>
>
> >The only solution is to find a cheap ide cdrom and install
> it. Then install
> >RedHat. However someone may have a linux driver that will
> work durring
> >install, without dos. I have never gotten the one's given on
> the included
> >boot floppy to work.
>
>
> Now, Paul, you know better than to say "the only solution" around this
> crowd, don't you? :-)
>
Did I say that!? Oh pooh! :)
> There are others. Here's one:
>
> Make a big ol' FAT partition large enough to copy your files
> onto. Boot a
> DOS disk with your CD driver, and copy the files over.
>
> Install Linux off the FAT partition.
>
> Later, nuke that FAT partition and use it for something else.
>
> Not the best solution, admittedly, but it is a solution.
>
>
> Another would be making a custom install floppy with the
> right drivers, once
> you figure out how to set them up. That's probably the
> preferred solution,
> if a spare IDE CDROM is unavailable.
>
I bow to your accuracy. This is an option and I fail to say them. Bad me! :0
There is one problem with the first suggestion though, I don't think there
is enought space on his system to do it. He's got 324mb on hda and 124mb(!)
on hdb. Is that enough? I seem to recall that basic install is some approx.
150mb in size but the whole CD?!?!
I like the second suggestion better.
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