Re: bootable floppy for Debian-on-USB

"orange" <orange47@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm trying to boot (not install) Debian from USB.
some people said that new kernel with USB support is too big to fit on
diskette.

My Xandros.v.4 distro (Debian-based) will not boot
from a floppy. The System instal CD is supposed to
have a menu item / Troubleshooting / Rescue Console
and normal boot (from the HD) has a couple of similarly
named menu choices besides Xandros Linux and Windows98.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


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