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 > Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para > armazenamento! > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ======================================================================= Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way. -- Daniele Vare ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx