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Topic: dsl on laptop, install dsl by using a Floppy disk

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gimi_k2

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Posted: July 19 2005,23:33

..yeah...i was trying to install dsl 1.0.1 on an old compaq laptop computer and for some reason i am not able to make the system boot up from cd [so i can install dsl]...i tried to change the settings from bios but they don't have an option to select cd-rom as the first boot device. and during boot-up the system alwasy reads my fdd...so i am wondering if there's like a "start up" floppy disk for dsl that i can use to install the linux off the cd...

adssse

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Posted: July 19 2005,23:43

Check out this previous thread:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....ppy.img

Hope this helps.

krypton2004
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Posted: Aug. 02 2005,20:58

you can also use "smart boot manager". it enables you to write a floppy or to hard disk to let you boot from cdrom. very clever and handy if you cant use bios to boot from cdrom, google it.