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    boot from floppy?

    I am trying to obtain a (more recent) version of Knoppix that supports
    booting from floppy. I volunteer most Wednesdays at
    http://otap.org and use
    the Knoppix live-CD to discover hardware in the workstations we
    refurbish. Occasionally we find a workstation whose BIOS does not
    support 'boot from CD-ROM'. I have version 3.1-08-11-2002
    (which does support creating a 'boot from floppy' option).
    I would like to obtain v3.3-2004-02-16-en.iso
    (which may be the last version that supports floppy booting).
    I would even gladly accept a BitTorrent link.

    Google/linux searches only find locations of ISOs of versions
    3.6 & 3.7.

    Regards, Chuck

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    Don't fool with Linux boot floppies. Make a Smart BNoot Manager floppy, it will let you boot any version of Knoppix on almiost any computer.

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    Re: boot from floppy?

    Quote Originally Posted by gelmce
    I am trying to obtain a (more recent) version of Knoppix that supports
    booting from floppy. I volunteer most Wednesdays at
    http://otap.org and use
    the Knoppix live-CD to discover hardware in the workstations we
    refurbish. Occasionally we find a workstation whose BIOS does not
    support 'boot from CD-ROM'. I have version 3.1-08-11-2002
    (which does support creating a 'boot from floppy' option).
    I would like to obtain v3.3-2004-02-16-en.iso
    (which may be the last version that supports floppy booting).
    I would even gladly accept a BitTorrent link.

    Google/linux searches only find locations of ISOs of versions
    3.6 & 3.7.

    Regards, Chuck
    Hei, try https://www.tuxcds.com/section.php?section=47
    Mvh

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    Re: boot from floppy?

    Quote Originally Posted by gelmce
    I am trying to obtain a (more recent) version of Knoppix ....
    Google/linux searches only find locations of ISOs of versions 3.6 & 3.7.
    it shouild also be noted that 3.7 is the most recent released version.

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