[Rule-list] Install with no CD or floppy drive

Marco Fioretti m.fioretti at inwind.it
Thu Apr 18 00:20:35 EEST 2002


Just a side note on this, both as a reminder for us all, and as a
suggestion for Raymundo, if applicable.

I have an old laptop with Linux installed already, but either floppy
OR cdrom (I cannot test RULE on it now because, for unrelated reasons,
it *has* to stay untouched for some time, to finish other projects).

In general, when I install a new linux distro on it I:

1)	copy the boot image from the CD to a new directory on the HD
2)	config LILO to boot with that file
3)	reboot, and the image on disk happily installs from cdrom(s)

Again, just as a reminder, is there anything to prevent using the same
trick with miniconda/slinky on mine and all other old laptops with the
same limitation?

	Ciao,
		Marco Fioretti
		RULE project leader

-- 
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