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Topic: If boot is a floppy image how copy rest of files?, how to boot from USB

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Posted: Mar. 11 2004,18:59

I don't understand one thing about DSL and other distros alike.
They always instruct to make a boot image out of a floppy image. As a result Windows XP states my USB Drive as being a floppy. How do I copy the rest of the files?
Thanks.

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Posted: Mar. 11 2004,20:47

Just copy like to floppy

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Posted: Mar. 18 2004,18:30

Quote (Modrak @ Mar. 11 2004,15:47)

Just copy like to floppy

I mean the files won't fit. 64MB to 1.44MB

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Posted: Mar. 21 2004,09:46

ok i think u are misunderstand what the boot floppy image is, the file ends in .img in this particular directory and its 1.44 meg in size im asuming ur using windows so get a copy of "winimage" yea its sorta free think its shareware and write the disk from that. yes select the file with the program then write disk "make sure u got a blank disk in ur drive" hey now u can boot from that floppy.

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