thanks for the info...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ariz Jacinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [plug] redHat installation using USB floppy > > > AT wrote: > > >Hi guys, > > > >Anyone tried installing Redhat over the network using USB floppy drive? > >Assuming the only way to install is thru the netwrok (FTP) using USB floppy > >drive (no IDE cdrom/floppy,no USB cdrom available) > > > >I create a network boot disk and was successful booting on the said floppy > >disk thru the USB floppy drive. But when I was prompt for the driver disk, > >it prompts me an error message: Failed to mount floppy. > >It seems like it cannot mount USB floppy drive when I try to install the > >driver disk. > >Seems like theres a problem mounting the USB floppy as /dev/sda. > > > > you've successfully booted from a USB floppy since the device > was handled by BIOS and you cant mount the device due to the absence > of the necessary kernel modules such as usbxxx, usbyyy, etc. > > for more info, visit this link: > http://gold.cchem.berkeley.edu/~heidi/portege/boot.html#usbfloppy > > > > HTH > > > > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
