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victory2007
June 24th, 2008, 01:51 AM
Hi all, I have been looking thru numerous threads on how to boot an install cd, usb drive, from a floppy. My bios does not support usb booting. I have tried netboot and it worked but I still have a question. Is there a way to put the first part of the installer that leads up to hardware detection on a floppy and make it bootable. This way you would boot to a floppy select install, the installer would start running then detect the cd drive and finish installing from the detected cd drive. Any ideas. Thanks

iaculallad
June 24th, 2008, 02:03 AM
Had you tried reading this Ubuntu Community Page (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/WithFloppies) (Installation/WithFloppies).

victory2007
June 25th, 2008, 02:03 AM
I have found what I have been looking for. Here is a link to a floppy that will boot a Linux install cd. It worked great with Ubuntu and will work with others. Worked great for me.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2007-January/007873.html