On Wed 06 Aug 2003 19:47, Pierre Jarillon posted as excerpted below: > Le Jeudi 7 Ao�t 2003 00:57, Frank Griffin a �crit : > > Just an idle, uninformed question, but is there any way to tell a > > Mandrake install boot (whether from CD or floppy with maybe old hd.img > > on it) to "reboot-in-place" using the hd.img from a local disk cooker > > mirror ? The object being not to have to create new hd.img boot > > floppies all of the time... > > This become an important question. More and more computer are shipped > without a floppy. Not because of its price, but only because floppy is now > useless or impossible (like VIA mini-ITX).
Well, unless you have net booting working, you need either a floppy or a bootable CD. Since it's a good idea (and cheap) to burn at least the first CD ISO for rescue purposes anyway, and that boots and can "net install" from a local cooker mirror, I don't see a real issue (problematic laptops with removable drives where the CD isn't recognized properly, aside). -- Duncan - List replies preferred. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
