Alternative bootdisk

captain chaos · 02-02-2006, 02:48 PM

Running a lappy with slackware 10.1(well trying to). Want to know what alternatives there are to floppies for bootdisks as lappy doesn't have a fdd. Have a usb 1GB flash drive.
Btw not a dual boot system, Slackware only.
Thanks again
Cheers Edd

ayeomans · 02-02-2006, 03:24 PM

Check what the BIOS supports. Usually if you enter BIOS you can configure boot priority, which will show the devices. Recent devices may well support USB memory (maybe as USB-ZIP, USB-HDD). CD is usually easiest though. Also check network boot (e.g. PXE) frm another machine.

If you have DOS/Windows installed you might be able to get LOADLIN installed to boot up a Linux image.