2007/10/16, Afonso Duarte <duartenl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Dear All, > > I have been using FC2 for some time and now i am interested in installing it > in my Toshiba 1400-103. > > Because i still need to use XP - :( - i am interested on placing the FC2 on > a external HD and keep the XP on the internal disk. The problem on this is > that my laptop does not boot from the usb... :( so I was thinking of > creating a boot floppy that could contain the main kernel of FC2 and place > the file system on the disk. > > I have been looking around the web for some examples on how to create the > floppy but I haven't came across something similar ... did any of you tried > this approach? do you have any suggestion on how to do this? > > Thanks > > PS: I found some small linux distributions that do fit in one disk... but i > really need a full working distro like FC2 for the software i am going to > run on the laptop, so those ones will not do the job. > > Duarte > > Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para > armazenamento! > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I created a boot CD....but maybe that you have to use mkinitrd to pre-load USB.In recent days, it was not necessary any longer, but I mean at least for FC5...Why don't you jump to a more recent Fedora. If you like I can send you the small file and some instructions.....(tnx to John Austin, where are you John???) -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
