[CentOS] more: Have install diskette for 3.0, but can't find the .img for 4.0

Leonard Isham leonard.isham at gmail.com
Tue Apr 19 01:22:14 UTC 2005


On 4/18/05, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> I have found something called:  diskboot.img
> 
> at:  http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/4/os/i386/images/
> 
> But it is 6Mb large (6411Kb) instead of 1411Kb
> 
> And the rawreadwrirewin program gets an error on it when run on NT.  On
> Win2000, it makes a diskette that fails to boot..
> 
> So really, HELP!!!!
> 
> I 'just' discovered that my old bootable diskette is for Centos 3.0, and my
> other CDs are Centos 3.3.
> ================================================================
> 
> OK.
> 
> I am in an emergency crunch.  I need that 4.0 install diskette.  Like 2
> hours ago!
> 
> Where is it????????
> 
> I don't want to have to install 3.0 on this box.
> 

My understanding is that the kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a
floppy anymore.

-- 
Leonard Isham, CISSP 
Ostendo non ostento.



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