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    boot from floppy fails ??

    hi,

    i'm trying to run Knoppix on an old PC without boot from CD support.
    So i made a boot floppy using rawrite2 as described in the FAQ - i had to use boot.img because that's the only .img on the CD (the 2003-05-20-EN.iso) ...

    When booting from the floppy, after 'loading vmlinuz' i get 'boot fails ; replace disk' (or something) ?!

    tia,
    Goner

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    Re: boot from floppy fails ??

    --Try using another floppy, this one may be bad... Also make sure the CD is in the drive.

    Quote Originally Posted by Goner
    hi,

    i'm trying to run Knoppix on an old PC without boot from CD support.
    So i made a boot floppy using rawrite2 as described in the FAQ - i had to use boot.img because that's the only .img on the CD (the 2003-05-20-EN.iso) ...

    When booting from the floppy, after 'loading vmlinuz' i get 'boot fails ; replace disk' (or something) ?!

    tia,
    Goner

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