Can I launch install cds from dos?
 

My laptop can swap the floppy and the cd rom, but both cannot be installed at the same time.

I'm wondering if there is a file I can copy from my windows desktop machine onto what is now the bootable dos c: drive on the laptop so that I can execute that file to launch the mandrake installer on CD?

I would appreciate if anyone knows where to look for instructions.

why dont you just insert the cdrom drive and boot from CD> ?

there is a program to load linux kernels from dos. This might help.

Get it off of the CDs you have in DOSUTILS ro equivalent.

setup.exe equivalent?
 

Forgot to add, my cd player is not bootable. (It's pretty old)

Somehow, from a dos prompt I have to tell the machine to launch the cd installation process.

Anyone have any ideas?

There is no setup.exe on the disk.

What does fips.exe do? The executables available are