Matt,
Do you have a LAN? If so, I'd try to do an ftp installation.
(Done that several times, to get my old 486s running. Wouldn't want to
spend money on CD-ROMs for those, but they do serve well in my LAN.)
To do an ftp install you'll have to start by booting from the 'bootnet'
diskette. If you don't have this diskette you'll have to run
/RedHat/dosutils/rawrite using the /RedHat/images/bootnet.img image.
(Reservation for any typos there. I'm currently at work == NT. :-()
HTH
Gustav
"Bjornson, Matt" wrote:
>
> I am looking to install linux on a 486 to use as a router/firewall and
> perhaps a DNS caching server. The challenge is that my 486 does not have a
> cdrom drive. Can I create a floppy to do this install with these services
> on it? How? If I am not mistaken I can go into the kernel configuration to
> build a new kernel ( xconfig) but save it to floppy. Is that correct and
> how big would this be?
> Matt
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