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Post February 14th, 2007, 12:11 pm

I have a small dilema, I downloaded an img file from a linux distro site and it's massive, like 6gb and will only be burnt to a DVD+R, I can only write DVD-R's... I was wondering if there was a way to boot from a floppy disk which could then load the img file from an external source, a HDD for example.

If you've got any ideas I'd like to hear them... But I'm not reeaaally in the mood for buying another DVD writer... Ta! :D
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Post February 14th, 2007, 12:11 pm

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Post February 14th, 2007, 3:58 pm

you may be interested in this forum post..
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Post February 14th, 2007, 4:09 pm

Ok, I'm really annoyed now... I just found a program that you boot up into and you can put an image onto an HD from an img file. Poof, done. But no. The *plum* hard drive's I've got lying around are all 6gb's... too small for what I need. By 30mb...

Going slightly crazy here... Going to try the network approach...
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Post February 14th, 2007, 4:11 pm

what was that program you found? do you have a link to it?
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Post February 14th, 2007, 4:14 pm

Similar to ghost... http://www.k62.net/Products_ay.php


Also, I am PRAYING that if I put compression on the HD, it might work... *crosses fingers*
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Post February 14th, 2007, 4:27 pm

awesome..
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Post February 14th, 2007, 4:34 pm

Well of course it didn't work... I realized I had an old thinkpad in my shed, so I dug that out, now I can't find my IDE connector for it... Frustrated again..

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