[CentOS] I'm Stuck
Sergey Podushkin
posev at sibmail.com
Wed Aug 6 16:41:40 UTC 2008
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.
>
> The only network install method for CentOS that I can find uses a CD,
> not a floppy.
>
> Is there anyway to get CentOS on this machine?
You can write floppy, boot from it and continue install from CD.
I hope... ;)
If your Sony can boot from network by PXE, so you can use that way too
(and it's one I prefer), but you have to have appropriate server for
this type of install.
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