Hi * I have an old laptop (Armada E500) with a dual bootup (win2k, mdk10.1). Though I'm very satisfied with my setup, the hdd is too small for my current needs, so I though on buying an external hdd (usb) or usb pen disk. But, my laptop does not boot from usb (at least, I do not see any usb BIOS related entries). Meanwhile, my CD drive has broken.
So, presently my laptop can only boot up from floppy diskettes. I just saw the new mandriva flash distro (usb pen disk), and while reading the FAQ I found out this question/answer: "How do I boot Mandriva Flash if my computer can not boot from USB? A small bootable CD-ROM image is present on the shared partition of the Mandriva Flash USB key. It is only 3MB, so it can be burnt on a credit-card sized CD-ROM. You can then make your computer boot on this CD-ROM (and make sure your Mandriva Flash USB key is plugged), it will automatically use the Mandriva Flash USB key. Once Mandriva Flash is booted, you can eject the CD-ROM. " Is there a way to boot up from a diskette or set of diskettes? Cheers, Nuno P.S. Armada 500, 12GB internal hdd, 512 RAM ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
