<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10>Re a suitable laptop to try Linux on, I realise that I may be reducing the range of options too much with a requirement for a "proper" floppy disk drive (as opposed to one tacked on by USB, after Linux or Windows has booted)<BR>
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If a PC has a CD ( / DVD) drive and the BIOS supports booting from it (which I assume they all do now) <BR>
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Then if I have a CD which has had suitable files and utilities burnt onto it <BR>
(e.g. for DOS: Io.sys Command.com Msdos.sys and then fdisk.exe format.com etc. etc.)<BR>
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Would I have any problems booting with this CD and doing with it the things I would have done with a bootable floppy (assuming that the CD had the relevant files on it's little boot like a floppy area, or that the relevant files could be accessed elsewhere on the CD, or a hard drive?<BR>
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Please excuse my ignorance and thanks in anticipation<BR>
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Edward FW</FONT></HTML>