I discovered a couple of user-friendly articles while preparing for an
e-smith install around a questionable cdrom drive. Hope they help.

http://kb.redhat.com/view.php?eid=31

http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/LDP/LG/issue61/ward.html

Rick

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 10:22:56 -0400 (EDT) Scott Henderson
<boyhowdy@cyberspace.org> writes:
> I've acquired a Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT laptop and
> would like to install Linux on it... but it isn't
> capable of booting to a CD, and the CD and floppy
> drives fit into the same, single bay.  So I can use one
> or the other, not both (don't have a connector cable).
> How can I    1) create a install disk to begin an
> install, and 2) swap out to the CD and have it
> recognized to run the install?  Or am I going at this
> wrong?  How can I install to such a machine?
> 
> Could I perhaps install a minimal system on a floppy,
> boot to it, set up the hd, copy the minimal system to
> the hd, then boot with the CD in and run the install?
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
>