Re: Install FC2 in external HD + boot via floppy

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On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 12:05 -0300, Afonso Duarte wrote:
> Dear All,
>  
> I have been using FC2 for some time and now i am interested in
> installing it in my Toshiba 1400-103. 
>  
> Because i still need to use XP - :( - i am interested on placing the
> FC2 on a external HD and keep the XP on the internal disk. The problem
> on this is that my laptop does not boot from the usb... :( so I was
> thinking of creating a boot floppy that could contain the main kernel
> of FC2 and place the file system on the disk.
>  
You mean when you look at the list of boot devices, usb is not listed?
Are you sure yo just don't have it in the wrong position in the list?
> I have been looking around the web for some examples on how to create
> the floppy but I haven't came across something similar ... did any of
> you tried this approach? do you have any suggestion on how to do this?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> PS: I found some small linux distributions that do fit in one disk...
> but i really need a full working distro like FC2 for the software i am
> going to run on the laptop, so those ones will not do the job.
>  
> Duarte
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