[classic-discuss] booting classic sofa from floppy

[Gerald Dachs]

>
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to install tiny-sofa classic on a computer that doesn't boot
> from the cd-rom. it also doesnt have usb. is there a way to boot the
> install without these. I have a floppy drive but, i cant seem to find a
> floppy method on the d/l site. Sorry if this is a stupid question. But a
> lot of other distros have a floppy version so i was surprised when you
> guys didnt.

Sorry to say, but we don't have a floppy version of the bootloader anymore.
It was allways so complicated to fit the kernel and the necessary modules on
a floppy image. I install tcs regulary on computes that don't have a floppy
and a cd-rom either. I use kickstart to install it from another computer
that works as a pxe server. For this you need a netword card that can boot
from a pxe server, or a floppy with etherboot for this card.
A more simple approach is to make a basic install on a computer with
cd-rom boot and exchange afterwords the harddisk. The only configuration
change you
might have to do then, is to edit the module for your network card in the
/etc/modprobe.conf file.

> Thanks for all you help

Hope that helps

Gerald