Re: USB on Debian Potato?

Bill Marcum wrote:

You might be able to boot Damn Small Linux on your old PC.
I think it
supports USB.

Thanks for that suggestion...I hadn't considered that. Can "Damn Small
Linux" run off of a CD (or even a floppy)? I DO have both floppy and CD
drives on that computer, and I can set the computer to boot off either
one of them. (I don't think I've got an unused partition anywhere...if
I can't run off of the CD or floppy, maybe I could use the partition
that I'm currently using for swap to run DSL?)

Mike Fontenot
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