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el mariachi

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Registered: 2007-11-30

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Floppy + USB [really urgent]

While trying to install Arch on an Old toshiba S1800-504, the DVD drive died and now won't read any form of optical disk.
The laptop can't boot directly from USB, only CD/DVD and Floppies.

Is there a way to boot from a floppy and then start the arch installation from a usb key?

It doesn't have any OS installed btw, neither a Ethernet connection.
The laptop isn't mine and the owner is really p****d now, so I really need to get a working system in there.

lilsirecho

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Re: Floppy + USB [really urgent]

Faunos.com provides a cd assist for USB flash install of OS.

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el mariachi

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Registered: 2007-11-30

Posts: 595

Re: Floppy + USB [really urgent]

the laptop doesn't read any optical disc...

finferflu

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Re: Floppy + USB [really urgent]

I'm not sure this is the solution but you might be able to boot from USB using some GRUB boot disk (it fits in a floppy), check here and there.
I hope that helps.

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eldamar

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Registered: 2008-02-11

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Re: Floppy + USB [really urgent]

I'm still a Linux newb but i just wrote a guide on how i successfully installed ArchLinux using floppy and USB, might be some things that i overcomplicated but hey it works... Check it out.
http://www.eldamar.se/2009/01/archlinux … tallation/