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Old 08-17-2004, 12:06 AM   #1
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Boot Floppies and USB Floppy Drives

Hi, I Plan on installing SuSE and WindowsXP (Dual boot) onto my system and Im concerned if I will be able to create and execute a boot floppy with a USB floppy drive. Will the USB floppy drive work the same way as a internal floppy drive. Will I be able to install grub etc with a USB floppy drive? Looking forward to replies, thanks.
 
Old 08-17-2004, 07:49 AM   #2
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It really depends on your computers bios. Newer computers should be able to but you need to enable booting from usb in the bios setup.

This is a case were you'll need to get a bit adventurous and test it out!
 
Old 08-23-2004, 11:37 AM   #3
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Well I'm trying to solve this problem out right now.

My BIOS detects my USB floppy no problem, but I can't find how my new Knoppix HD installation is assigning it in the /dev dir.

I continue to experiment .. any pointers would be helpful ..
 
Old 08-23-2004, 12:51 PM   #4
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solved this. see http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...55#post1127655
linx-usb.org is a good resource.
 
  


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