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Using a floppy to boot the CD - Please Help
hi, i have a fairly old comp with no boot from cd option in the bios, only supports booting from HDD or floppy.
Is there any way i can use a floppy to boot then load and run knoppix from the cd?
a link to the bood floppy image or similar would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
PS: am new to linux so please give me an "idiots guide" if anything relativly complex or requiring specific knolage is involved.
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Re: Using a floppy to boot the CD - Please Help
[quote="Total ImmortalIs there any way i can use a floppy to boot then load and run knoppix from the cd?
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Go to [url]http://bootcd.narod.ru/[/url] and get the Bootable CD Loader . It allows older machines to boot to the CD ROM, works in 'most' cases.
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boot cd from floppy
just make a boot floppy with boot.img or boot-fd.img from the cd istself
boot with both floppy and cd in drives.
it will automatically recognise the cd
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I like Smart Boot Manager for just this situation. Instead of making a floppy that only boots one specific cd you can make a floppy that boots any cd
http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/
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Problem solved, used floppy image Rootman recomened and works a treat, works with all bootable cds i tryed sofar.
Thanks all.
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Can this bootfloppy be modified to specify a particular boot cheatcode? For example, could I tell it to automatically use the cheatcode knoppix26 home=scan, so that all I have to do is put in the floppy and CD and reboot to get the 2.6 kernel and my persistent home?
And could I do this to a USB thumbdrive as well (assuming that USB is bootable in BIOS)?
TIA
JD
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Originally Posted by
j.drake
Can this bootfloppy be modified to specify a particular boot cheatcode? For example, could I tell it to automatically use the cheatcode knoppix26 home=scan, so that all I have to do is put in the floppy and CD and reboot to get the 2.6 kernel and my persistent home?
And could I do this to a USB thumbdrive as well (assuming that USB is bootable in BIOS)?
TIA
JD
I don't think you can... it seems to simply load a cd-rom driver then look for the boot sector on the cd, however, i am no expert on such things and i'm sure it is possable with a diffrent boot floppy from the one i used.
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