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Operating System on Floppy
Replies: 21 — Last Post Aug. 4, 2006 3:44pm by espresso8097
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Does anyone know where I can an Operating System which is entirely on Floppy?

I've been given a laptop to repair, but the CD is bust so Windows disks are no good. Any ideas?

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I have heard of OSs on floppy but I dont think they are good enough to repair a laptop.

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Can you access another computer to transfer the information onto a floppy?

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Try something like Tomsrtbt (Tom's Root Boot). There are heaps of Linux floppies that you could use to repair, just have a look at somewhere like http://www.distrowatch.com. It depends on what you need to repair, really.

(Edited by DarthShrine at 10:38 pm on July 18, 2006)

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I just need to get it working - doesn't matter what O/S...I can take it from there.

I just need an Operating system that fits on a floppy.

I have heard of OSs on floppy but I dont think they are good enough to repair a laptop.

Don't worry about the repairing, which O/S?

Can you access another computer to transfer the information onto a floppy?

Transfer what information to the floppy?

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It sounds like you want more of a LiveCD to recover your data? I know you can install several linux distros from floppies (grant it, it's about 14 of them) but running from just one is probably not going to happen. You can install something like damn small linux to a flash drive and use a floppy to boot from it, or just use a liveCD.

(Edited by squirellplayingtag at 11:24 am on July 18, 2006)

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Please read carefully...the CD is NOT working!

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Please read carefully ... use a LiveCD!
http://www.knoppix.org/

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I can't read!!! I'm a vegetarian

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Quote: from Conon at 5:30 pm on July 18, 2006
I can't read!!! I'm a vegetarian

There is an icon at the top left, it is the Englis/Us, click it to see the page in english.

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You're best bet is to probably use an external CD drive, since you said the CD drive is broken. I'm pretty sure most BIOS can support booting from an external drive.

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Unfortunetly it's a pretty old Laptop I've been asked to sort out, and I don't have one available which doesn't require drivers...pain in the arse...

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I doubt you can get an OS powerful enough to "fix" the notebook available on a floppy, sorry.

You can probably find some extremely minimal linux disks though, such as Tomsrtbt, I just don't think that's enough.

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