Boot a USB device through floppy in order to install LINUX

alderfc7 · 04-25-2009, 12:22 PM

Hi, I have an old Toshiba tecra 8000 with P2 300Mhz, 256MB RAM external floppy and internal CD-ROM. I figured out that the internal CD-ROM is dead and that the system cannot boot from USB devices.

So my only chance to install linux on this thing is to connect an external HDD or DVD-ROM drive via usb. Then boot from a floppy disk that will allow me to start an installation from an external USB device.

Does anyone have any idea how this is possible?

Thanks in advance

mrclisdue · 04-25-2009, 12:33 PM

PLoP Bootmanager should allow you to boot from floppy, then hand off to a usb device:

http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html

cheers,

alderfc7 · 04-25-2009, 05:22 PM

Thanks! It works perfectly.

linus72 · 04-25-2009, 05:31 PM

Yes-I use PLOP on my Toshiba 7000CT and it works good-did notice it works better sometimes if u reboot then try to boot the usb,etc.

It's included in my MultiDistro-Magic-LiveCD, but I'm finishing the USB version now.