On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 20:03 +0200, Michel van Deventer wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 11:36 -0500, Bob Smither wrote:
Dear List,
I have an older Sony Vaio that I would like to install CentOS on. The unit has a USB CD that can _not_ be used as a boot device (the Sony one could, but mine is an aftermarket CD and can't be used to boot). It does have a floppy drive that it can boot from.
I think someone mentioned a floppy. Last I checked, the ISO image had some sub-directories that contained floppy images. If they're still included, you should be able to make a bootable floppy and then use the USB CD as the install media. Or get the image from a network location (IIRC).
The only network install method for CentOS that I can find uses a CD, not a floppy.
Give the floppy method a try. If it let's you get either the CD or to a network, you should be able to install.
Is there anyway to get CentOS on this machine?
Can you boot from USB stick? You then could use the Live CD, converted to USB or use another bootable linux on it. As long as you have a bootable partition where you can put a vmlinuz, initrd.img and grub, you're in business.
regards,
Michel
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