Hi, Thank you for your answer. Luciano Rocha wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 05:18:15PM +0100, Mário Gamito wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Sorry for the newbie question, I've been searching the CentOS site and >> googled, but I couldn't find an answer (probably my bad). >> >> I want to install CentOS 4.5, but I'm having troubles with my CD reader. >> >> How can I install it from an FTP server ? > > If you already have a linux system, use LILO or Grub to boot the initrd > and vmlinuz: > ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/isolinux/vmlinuz > ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/isolinux/initrd.img > > No special boot arguments are required. The initrd should prompt you the > method for installation and then you specify the ftp install. Problem is my CD is unusable :( > If you don't have linux already installed, but have Win9x or DOS, use > loadlin to boot. I can't install any Linux on the computer or DOS/Win Whatsoever :( > Otherwise, use an USB boot pen. It's a P-III :( > Or try the smaller boot.iso, that may work better with your reader: > ftp://ftp.di.uminho.pt/pub/centos/5/os/i386/images/boot.iso I'll try and see if my CD handles such a small file. Thanks, -- :wq! Mário Gamito