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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: ulv on March 28, 2009, 12:12:35 PM

Title: boot floppy
Post by: ulv on March 28, 2009, 12:12:35 PM

I have an old laptop (ca. 98) that i haven't played around with for while, and would now like to install tc on it.

The problem is that it doesn't boot from its cd-rom drive, but it will boot from a floppy. I've earlier installed debian through net-install on it. This way i booted from a floppydisk, and it would then connect to debian repositories and get everything and install it.

But is there a floppy image that will start the cd-rom? If I make myself clear...

Open to other solutions too!

Title: Re: boot floppy
Post by: curaga on March 28, 2009, 01:31:37 PM

Smart Boot Manager can boot a cd, and it itself can be booted from a floppy.
A netboot might also be a possibility.

But, do you still have Debian on it? If so, just download the TC iso, unpack, put the two files of bzImage and tinycore.gz in /boot, adjust grub menu, and presto, an install :)