[CentOS] Linux boot floppy to install over net

Tue Jan 3 16:50:03 UTC 2006
Bryan J. Smith <thebs413 at earthlink.net>

Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> With all this going on, it seems to me there MUST be a
> floppy image that will load the minimum shell (including
> PCMCIA drivers!) and all over-the-net installs (HTTP, FTP,
> of NFS).

Nope.  Only 4-6MiB .iso (CD) and .img (flash/removable)
images.
Consider those -- e.g., the .img via USB dongle.

> That would really help on one old notebook I have.

Will that old notebook even run CentOS?

> Oh, and of course this is for CentOS 4.2!

Yes, and a USB dongle is a great solution.  ;->


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