Hi Rick! --- RickS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > > 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 > Are you saying that you want to add an external hdd > or usb pen for > storage ? Are you currently booting win2k and mdk > 10.1 with no > problems ? > > Sorry, I guess I fail to see why you want to boot > from > usb or a CD rom if all you want is more storage > space. >
Sorry, did not expressed myself correctly. My fault! Though my laptop is running smoothly, just suppose one of this days I need to install eveything again (I usually clean my laptop every 2 years). And here's the problem! How can I can boot up a PC for installing a new OS (or to do a fresh clean install), if my BIOS does not recognize USB ports at boot time and without having my internal CD (which is faulty)? That's why I was very glad to see, that even if a bios does not recognize the usb at boot, the mandriva flash distro can be booted up using "a small bootable CD-ROM image". And my question was simply, if this flash mandriva can boot from a CD, is it possible to do that using a bootable floppy disk(s)? Hope this time I explained myself better. Best regards, Nuno P.S. Since at the moment I can't spend much money buying a new laptop, my ideia was to free up the 12 GB internal HDD and to install there only w2k. Then, in an external usb HDD or usb pen disk, install Linux. Or vice-versa, linux on the box and windows outside it. I prefer this last setup, since I'm a Linux user most of the time (90%), though I suspect it's more difficult to setup the laptop this way. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know. ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
