Boot diskette

If you do not know how to do this, goto www.bootdisk.com and download on of theirs or go through their help section on creating one from your linux system.

Good luck

I am not a Linux expert, but following this new line step-by-step. I did this process and learned it the hard way. Hence, in order to create a bootable diskette with 1.44 MB, all what you need to do, is just get the file which is downloadable from the RHL FTP page, or just follow this link ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386/images/.

Please note that you need to get the other files needed for your diskette booting process, such as; , and (if you are installing via a Notebook). It all depends on what method of installation are you following; Desktop, Notebook, or via the Network.

I would recommend reading the How-To-Install http://www.redhat.com/download/howto_download.html before any attempt to jump into this process. It has a lot of informative material and precautions that are of a great value and helps avoiding a lot of frustrating hours!!

Good Luck!

I guess your talking about the boot floppy needed for installing RedHat.

This is done by using the supplied program rawrite, found in the dosutils directory. This program will transfer the image to your floppy. It doesn't have to be formated.

The reason why you only get 1,38 MB is that windows have changed from fat12 to fat16 on floppies. with fat12 you could fit 1,44MB on a floppy, but since the fat16 system takes up more space for the fat (File Allocation Table) you can only get 1,38MB.