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.
> 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.
> 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...
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