Probably a newbie question - searched & didn't find a ma

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Can you boot your laptop over the network using PXE? If so, run Knoppix on another computer in your LAN, start the terminal server script, connect the laptop to the LAN and power it on. Maybe you'll have to use some cheat codes to get it to boot correctly.

Thanks for the quick reply!
I'll give that a shot, but will have to look up how to start the term service script on knoppix.

Ideally, a bootable CD would be fabulous for this laptop, but I still didn't get a straight answer to my question; is there a bootable floppy that will walk thru the first part of the install and recognize external hardware enough to finish the install from CD?

Rich