Even Gujin won't recognize USB if BIOS doesn't. I know, I've tried. You may have an issue getting BIOS to boot from large drives, but one option *MIGHT* be to find an old PCMCIA -> CF adapter and boot from Compact Flash? Personally, from experience, your best bet will probably be to pull the HD and use another computer to install linux. That's what I did with mine. Just be sure to install both the OS and GRUB/LILO to the right drive!<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Don Cady <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doncady@gmail.com">doncady@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Dan Hockey <<a href="mailto:icepuck2k@gmail.com">icepuck2k@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I found ubuntu moblin remix and now I'd like to try it on an older P1 75mhz<br>
> laptop(no cdrom), but the problem I ran into is I need something to boot<br>
> from a floppy that can then boot linux from the usb flash drive.<br>
> Dos boot floppy with usb drivers didn't work so I'm guessing some form of l<br>
> inux with usb drivers is what's needed?<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/moblin-remix/dev-edition-2.0/" target="_blank">http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/moblin-remix/dev-edition-2.0/</a><br>
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Thoughts; Does the BIOS have a "legacy USB" feature? I'd be surprised,<br>
but then I'm half surprised this P1 has USB at all. If it does, you<br>
_might_ be able to use that to emulate your flash drive as a hard<br>
drive or floppy. Then you needn't worry about USB support, and could<br>
use grub, syslinux, gujin, or whatever you choose on the floppy. A<br>
bunch of maybes, but we're talking about 15 yr old hardware.<br>
You could try manually walking through the boot with 'Super Grub Disk'<br>
(skipping the repair/restore functions) to see if Grub will see the<br>
flash drive.<br>
DSL, puppy, and pendrivelinux used to have pre-made floppy images that<br>
did exactly what you're trying to do, but for passing off to a flash<br>
drive with one of those on it. You might be able to get one of those<br>
to work.<br>
You could make what you're looking for with a bootloader and a kernel.<br>
Speaking of, does 'Tom's Root Boot' see the USB? If not, replace the<br>
kernel with a newer one.<br>
Of course by this point pxe boot would be easier if it's available to you.<br>
<br>
Don<br>
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