[Wylug-help] installing linux on pc104 with only floppy boot and external usb cdrom

[Yiannis Gatsoulis]

Hello,

I would like to know how can I install a linux kernel into a pc104 
running an intel 266MHz and 64 MB RAM which can be booted from a floppy 
and has an external usb cdrom drive, but the bios does not support usb 
boot. No gui is necessary, although it could be nice but I don't know if 
it possible for the system. By googling the latest kernel does not fit 
in a single floppy as I was thinking of putting fedora distro. gcc and 
some other libraries are necessary but I guess these can come later... 
Basically what I am trying to do is put linux on a robot platform and 
then install a robot control server. Could you please give some 
directions, information, suggestions, walkthrough or something to start? 
It might be helpful for you to know that I am a linux expert but simply 
a user who is working in Linux for the last 2 years...

Cheers.

-- 
Yiannis Gatsoulis

Research Student
School of Mechanical Engineering
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK

Tel: +44 (0)113 34 32170
Email: menig at leeds.ac.uk
URL: http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~menig

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