[ale] Gentoo Linux install question

Charles Marcus CharlesM at Media-Brokers.com
Thu Aug 8 09:09:08 EDT 2002


> From: Charles Marcus [mailto:CharlesM at Media-Brokers.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 8:22 AM
> 
>> From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 8:04 AM
>>
>> Well, everyone's convinced me to check gentoo out, yet it
>> appears it requires a boot from cdrom, which not all bios
>> support.  At least that's what I see in the install section
>> of the web site.
>>
>> Anyone know if you can do a floppy boot for install for gentoo?

> There is an 'Alternative Installation Guide', but apparently 
> there is no
> Gentoo Boot Floppy Image you can d/l and burn.
> 
> http://gentoo.org/doc/altinstall.html

Another page with more info:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=8736

Charles

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