Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From:	"Bjarke Sørensen" <bs@××××.dk>
To:	Marko Kervinen <marko_kervinen@×××××××.com>
Cc:	gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] install/booting from floppy
Date:	Wed, 17 Apr 2002 05:12:22
Message-Id:	`20020417101214.GC14526@wasd.dk`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-dev] install/booting from floppy by Marko Kervinen

1	On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 09:56:05AM +0000, Marko Kervinen wrote:
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4	> Just wondering why there is no docs how to make boot diskettes in
5	> gentoo.org? Other distributions offer tool to make diskettes in windows.
6	> If i understood, grub needs linux. Windows cd boots fine, but not gentoo,
7	> mandrake or redhat. Bios is set to boot cdrom. It would be nice to have
8	> bootdiskettes ready in your site. I am not only one who needs bootfloppy.
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10	Bootfloppies are work in progress since most everybuddy has
11	boot-from-cdrom suuport in BIOS.
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13	But still, since more people have been asking about some effort WILL
14	be put in making one (or more) floppy/floppies.
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16	Btw, if other people are looking at this issue please let me/us know.
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