Prerequisites

What you need:

• two floppy disks (at least)
• a computer (with a floppy disk drive) to write the floppy disks (using dd with Linux, or "rawrite" with Windows)
• a computer to install cAos on (500 MB disk space, i386 class computer, and 64 MB RAM are approximate minimum hardware requirements)
• high speed internet access (or lots and lots of time)
• IP address information if you do not use DHCP

(the floppy writing and install computer could be one and the same).

NOTE: If you have more than one network adapter, and you have problems completing the installation, disable or remove all but one of the network adapters and try installing again. The adapters can be enabled or reinstalled once Cinch is done installing cAos Linux.

NOTE: Though theoritically a i386 or i486 should work, we have not tested the installation on those platforms because boxes with those processors that fulfill the RAM requirement are hard to find. It has been tested on i586 class machines.

If you have a problem with the cAos installer, please report it to:

https://bugzilla.caosity.org/

after, of course, searching there to see that the problem was not previously reported.

If you have a problem with the cAos installer instructions, please report it to me at troj@caosity.org, or use the bugzilla mentioned above.