hi hashir,
Thanks hashir . This gives me new light in to the subject.
i think now i can do it using loadlin,
Thanks a Lot.
Thanks And Regards,
sunil yousuf.
On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 10:33:54 +0530, hashir n a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Helllo
> > i am new to this group. i am from cochin itself.
> WELCOME To This BUTIFUL WRLD OF LINUX. :-)
>
> > i got a doubt please help me..
> ofcoz
>
> > i need to boot the installation of the fedora from a floppy disk
> > but the image is not in my cd's of the fedora core .
> > is it only mising from my cd's or is it not availble for fedora cora?
>
> yes in cdrom/images ..chk 4 diskboot.img
>
> > is the image name is still disk.iso or boot.iso or some thing like
> > that please tell me the exact name.
>
> diskboot.img
>
> > is the boot image is available for floppy disk?.
>
> It cannnot be done with FC2.The disk Image is too large to fit into a
> floppy. U wil hav to use a thumb drive or CD.
>
> > if not can i use any other distros boot image?
> NOPE
>
> > or from where can i get the image to boot from floppy disk for the
> > fedora core release as i need it very urjently.
> I did this a few days back...mght giv u some ideas.chk it out
>
> HOWTO : INSTALL FEDORA CORE 2 FROM ISO's :
>
> The main problem : Boot Disk - too BIG - abt 6 MB. Used only with USB pen
> drive. I dont hav a CD Writer. I dont hav a Thumb drive.
>
> The System: Win 2000 + Redhat 9. P3.
>
> HOW I INSTALLD FEDORA CORE 2 FROM ISO's !
>
> 1. Downloaded the 4 ISO's to a folder e:\fedora .
> 2. Used WinImage to browse the Fedora CD 1. Extracted /images/diskboot.img .
> 3. Again,Used WinImage to extract all files from diskboot.img to a folder
> c:\boot\
> 4. Next I booted into RedHat 9
> 5.and made the foll changes to /etc/grub.conf so that i can boot into the
> boot disk from grub. ( or u can do this directly from grub)
>
> title fedora boot disk // not required if givg commands from
> grub)
> root(hd0,0) // whatevr
> kernel /root/vmlinuz ro root=LABEL=/
> initrd /root/initrd.img
>
> 7. Rebooted ( If giving grub commands , press b to boot).Follwed the link
> and hey presto..and got the boot disk. Evrythin went smoothly after that.
>
> caution : all 4 iso's shld b in a single folder.
>
> OTHER WAYS TO OBTAIN diskboot.img
>
> 1. Download it. ( link given below)
> 2. In Linux, Mount the Fedora Core 1 in loop. then copy the image file from
> cdrom/images directory.
> mount -o loop -t iso9660 <isofilename> <mountpoint>
> Now,copy the diskboot.img from /<mountpoint>/images/ to some place.
>
> MORE IDEAS :
>
> If u hav a windows system and need to install. Then U need to download
> Loadlin.exe ( See Link below). Follow above procedures till the diskboot.img
> contents hav been copied to a folder.Then reboot into DOS. Use loadlin to
> load the initrd.img file.
>
> DOWNLOADS:
> 1.. Fedora Core 2 : http://fedora.redhat.com/download/
> 2.. diskboot.img
> :http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/i386/os/images/
> 3.. WinImage : http://www.topshareware.com/WinImage-download-72.htm
> 4.. Loadlin.exe : http://www.srcf.ucam.org/downloads/ ( file name
> dualboot.zip)
>
> Hope this is useful .
>
> hashir n a
>
>
