Re: Help Installing Linux on BIOS that doesnt' support cdrom/usb booting.

[Adam Jaskiewicz <ajjaskie@xxxxxxx>]

Anthony,
> How can I go about installing linux on a machine that has a cdrom  
> drive
> but doesn't support booting from CDROM?

You can boot off a floppy that has a small linux kernel and  
compressed root file system that loads itself into a RAM-disk, then  
mount the CD and install the packages from there. That is how most  
distributions back in the day dealt with the problem, IIRC.

--
Adam