[olug] Gentoo install /wo bootable CD?

[Mike Hostetler]

Haven't tried this, but you could use Tom's Boot Floppy, and then chroot to the
CD.  Look here:
 http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:3xuSJ-0ORbAC:forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D8690+gentoo+floppy+install&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Also, Gentoo 1.4rc1 ISO is out -- the networking has better auto-detection in
that, plus gcc 3.2 support.  I'd go that route instead.

-- mikeh
 
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 02:46:08PM -0600, neal r wrote:
> 
> 
>    I just downloaded Gentoo 1.2 and I want to install it on an older
> laptop that doesn't have boot from CD support. The Gentoo disk doesn't
> seem to have any boot floppies like other unix OSes I've used - anyone
> know the magic bullet to make this work?
> 
> 
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