Re: Grateful for the floppy install!
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:11:57 -0400
"Andrew J. Barr" <andrew.james.barr@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de> wrote:
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> > Gabriel Parrondo wrote:
> > > And in case you don't have any floppy handy, you can use
> > > www.goodbye-microsoft.com or www.goodbye-windows.com .
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> > Well, this applies only, if you have that other OS preinstalled.
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> > However, debian can also be installed via usb stick, if the bios
> > supports booting from it.
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> Well, I am grateful for the floppy install because I was recently
> bequeathed with a 10-year-old Thinkpad 755X which has no USB and
> no Ethernet. Floppy or PCMCIA/CF card are the only boot options
> for this machine. This thing has like the first edition of Windows
> 95 on it. O_o
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> - --
> Andrew J. Barr
I have several machines with nothing more than a floppy. Without
the floppy install I wouldn't have Debian installed.
--
Raquel
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