FLoppy boot for Ubuntu live CD

David Hummel dhml at comcast.net
Wed Nov 2 11:20:03 EST 2005


On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 10:56:51AM -0500, Bill Horne wrote:
> 
> I've just burned a copy of the Ubuntu live CD, but the machine I want
> to run it on isn't equipped for booting from CD. Please tell me how to
> boot the Ubuntu live CD from floppy: I can't find any reference in the
> docs.

You could try the RIP rescue floppy:

http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/

Here's the floppy image:

http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/floppy.syslinux.bin

It will supposedly allow you to boot any CD.

-David



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