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Posted: Nov. 12 2004,10:58 QUOTE
Hello Guys,

It sounds crazy but i wanna install the DSL with all Apps with my USB Floppy, have anyone the images inclusiv boot disc ?

Greetz Sven

I dont wanna install from network and have no OS on Laptop just my 3rd ext2 and 4th swap partition other is ntfs(!)
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Posted: Nov. 12 2004,15:39 QUOTE
Is there any way to boot into dos with USB pendrive support?
Perhaps if there was a way to make it boot and recognize the USB pendrive then its possible...otherwise I dont know how you are going to get it copied from pendrive to HD since without an OS the usb is not activated

Brian
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Posted: Nov. 12 2004,22:52 QUOTE
There are generic MSDOS drivers for a USB controller card.

There are also generic MSDOS drivers for a USB Mass Storage device.

However, if you insert your properly formatted USB pendrive into a newer computer that supports "USB Boot" in the BIOS, then you do not need all of this stuff because the BIOS will translate your USB pen drive into a "C:\" drive for MSDOS.

I have done this myself with a USB Pen Drive, FreeDOS and a Dell Poweredge 400sc and an Optiplex GX260
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