[Cialug] boot floppy to boot from usb

[jrnosee at gmail.com]

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!

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Don Cady <doncady at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Dan Hockey <icepuck2k at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I found ubuntu moblin remix and now I'd like to try it on an older P1
> 75mhz
> > laptop(no cdrom), but the problem I ran into is I need something to boot
> > from a floppy that can then boot linux from the usb flash drive.
> >  Dos boot floppy with usb drivers didn't work so I'm guessing some form
> of l
> > inux with usb drivers is what's needed?
> >
> > http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/moblin-remix/dev-edition-2.0/
>
> Thoughts; Does the BIOS have a "legacy USB" feature? I'd be surprised,
> but then I'm half surprised this P1 has USB at all. If it does, you
> _might_ be able to use that to emulate your flash drive as a hard
> drive or floppy. Then you needn't worry about USB support, and could
> use grub, syslinux, gujin, or whatever you choose on the floppy. A
> bunch of maybes, but we're talking about 15 yr old hardware.
> You could try manually walking through the boot with 'Super Grub Disk'
> (skipping the repair/restore functions) to see if Grub will see the
> flash drive.
> DSL, puppy, and pendrivelinux used to have pre-made floppy images that
> did exactly what you're trying to do, but for passing off to a flash
> drive with one of those on it. You might be able to get one of those
> to work.
> You could make what you're looking for with a bootloader and a kernel.
> Speaking of, does 'Tom's Root Boot' see the USB? If not, replace the
> kernel with a newer one.
> Of course by this point pxe boot would be easier if it's available to you.
>
> Don
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