Re: floppy boot disk with custom CD

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On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 09:01, Paul Pianta wrote:
> hi people
> 
> I have created a custom fedora core cd with a ks.cfg on the cd, and I 
> have edited /isolinux/isolinux.cfg to boot the kickstart installation by 
> default.
> 
> Now I have a machine that cannot boot from CD - and can only boot from 
> floppy. I have created a boot floppy from the bootdisk.img file on the 
> first fedora core cd but when I get to the 'Installation Type' and 
> choose local CD-ROM - I get the error message 'No Fedora Core CD was 
> found which matches your boot media ...'
> 
> 1. Do I need to modify something in the initrd.img of the floppy so that 
> it matches my custom CD?
> 
> 2. How can I run the kickstart installation (ks.cfg on CD) when I boot 
> from the floppy?

Did you get the bootdisk.img from your customized distro (after running
buildinstall)?

You should be able to put an entry in your syslinux.cfg on the floppy
like this:

append ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg ...

or you can just put it on the floppy.

Forrest



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