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hello,

have sony vaio pcg-c1ve laptop, doesn't have cd drive, usb floppy drive , can boot that, bios not support booting usb. network access through pcmcia slot

have been trying install linux distro in order breathe life problem options installing rather limited, seen above.

managed install openbsd 4.6 running bsd boot floppy managed recognize usb cdrom had available.

being complete newbie took me time mount usb cd rom in bsd managed access ubuntu 9.10 alternative installation... what? not sure how proceed...

have suggestions on how laptop running? have been trying days bootable floppies have usb support, have tried plop boot manager (always hangs when selecting usb) , on...

and/or suggestions appreciated, thanks!

not many distros support booting floppy anymore kernel big on them. try debian 4.0 has set of boot floppies , either see if install usb floppy or net install , upgrade 5.0 on internet.


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