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David Johnson wrote: > On Monday 29 October 2007 17:41:30 john.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Is there a distro which may be loaded using floppies only? The old >> laptop does not have a CD drive. >> Alternatively is there a way of transferring the content of a distro CD >> from a PC with CD drive to the laptop with only floppy drive and no USB. >> > > Presuming the laptop has a network interface you can make a boot floppy then > install over the network/Internet. Debian can boot the installer from two > floppies then install from a web/FTP server. You could also network boot > using BOOTP and TFTP (if that laptop supports it) but that's a lot more > effort. > more effort to do initially, but lots of coolness points are awarded and it makes life easier longer term too.. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html