[TriLUG] Boot ubuntu from floppy?

[David McDowell]

nice Daniel!  And, if that doesn't work off the floppy, but you can
get Red Hat installed on the machine via floppy method, then do a
minimal RH install, then setup using those files from Daniel's link
and do this:

http://www.turnpike420.net/linux/pxe_image_boot.txt

You should be able to boot and do a completely new install that way if
those files don't get you a bootable floppy that will read your USB
CDROM.  I suppose that still relies on the setup's ability to read a
USB CDROM though.  :)

I'd also recommend you find a pcmcia NIC so you can do this a bit
easier, and it will allow you to more easily stay current with
updates.  I guess it all depends on your purpose for this machine. 
Good luck!

David McD


On 10/7/05, crimsun at fungus.sh.nu <crimsun at fungus.sh.nu> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 01:31:13PM -0400, Liyun Yu wrote:
> > Is there anyway to create a bootable floppy, just like the one
> > redhat created, to boot off the floppy drive to allow installing
> > Ubuntu on to this Thinkpad 240 laptop?
>
> There's http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/breezy/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/
>
> Cheers,
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