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[Bosniacon]

ok guyz this is the prob for me .......first prob i am not an english writer so i hope you will understand what i am sayinq

I have my old old pc built up again and want to run L- Red Hat 7.2 ......the thing is i cant load it up to installation .......my cd rom is not bootable i mean i cant boot from cd rom so .....i read lil bit about that there is a way to boot from floppy .......i try some things but didn;t work .......hm what i need is actual red hat 7.2 boot Floppy disk for Installation ......where probably will ask me after pleas insert the Cd 1 ........that is what i need .......any1 know where to get or how to do it ?
i know Mr. Google is good and will be glad to tell me but the thing is i couldnt find the right site
pc : 150mhz/p1/ 74 ram / runs now w2k :) /

[Cyb3RSoldi3R]

...First off, RedHat is one of the most dumby proof Distro's of linux so switching over from your windows will be easier then FreeBSD or College Linux (based on SW technology). Second off did you try the FAQ at redhat's webby. I'm almost positive they have it. Third and finally if you bought RH 7.2 you got ripped off. It is availible for free download everywhere. I have 3 versions of RH discs (8.0 7.3 and 7.2) that I've never used but their good to have when someone needs them. If you downloaded it the boot disc prog should be on there. There is another way to make it however. I just need to know one thing is W2K running at the moment?

[Bosniacon]

hola

ok i have w2k on it ok ? ........i didn't buy a linux because i never buy the software i either download or do something else ......second tx for advising me to try with freebsd bu7! ...i want to stay with Rh 7.2 at this point if not then i my get some other distribution which installs easier from floppy disk

[converge]

use rawrite in the \dosutils directory to write an image (RH9= \images\bootdisk.img) This is likely explained in every and any document that go through the redhat install process.. but not often used anymore

[Cyb3RSoldi3R]

See that's why I asked wheter windows was running currently. You be a smart ass to someone they're not gonna help you.

[Bosniacon]

acctualy i went there to see how that works but didn't get how to do it .....i couldn't copy the files to floppy ....i my did something wrong .........it would be nice if somebody find or tell me step b step tx

[converge]

Yes, those .img files are raw floppy images that cannot be simply copied.

Unless rawrite has changed since I last used it (.. redhat.. 4.3? ):

) start > run > command
) insert the blank, writable floppy disk
) cd [cd-drive]:\dosutils
) rawrite
<you should be prompted for image>
) enter the path to the bootdisk.img file, ie. [cd-drive]:\images\bootdisk.img
) enter your floppy disk device (likely a: )

[Bosniacon]

thank you i will try to get that working as soon as i get home / i am @ work now :) / guyz i am starting to like this forum / :)

[converge]

You're certainly welcome, although as a word of advice, don't get too used to it.. the forum will eat you alive if you expect to be spoonfed these answers

[Cyb3RSoldi3R]

Him being a new guy this will slide but I see no Blackwave in sight so google is you friend. If you want info about linux wrong forum. linuxquestions.com is the place for you. You will not be welcomed so lovingly later on with these questions. Life does not hand you answers to all your questions. You have to look first before you ask questions. If you don't others will let you know.

[converge]

Actually, this is the 'Got Questions' forum, and technically that was a valid 'question', although a simple one. Let's try to keep the flaming to a reasonable rate and keep these technical forums, well.. more technical.

[Cyb3RSoldi3R]

If you think that's a valid question then you got did a bad search on the net. Rawrite was listed thousands of times on the net telling you exactly what you told him. That's also excluding linuxquestions.com. I don't know how many times people post the exact same thing. Besides, people keep registering for these forums just because they think we will have better information than others ;)

[Bosniacon]

hola

like i said its easier to read direct instruction ........than the instruction about telling me first what is Linux and then after 400 pages tell me how to do it ok ? ............nobody ask YOU to help ......who want's to help he will ......and as i am reading in this forum it's says "GOT QUESTION?" i did have a question and it was answerd tx to guys who answer it :):p