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 > <snip sig stuff> HTH -- Bill