Use a Floppy Image to USB Boot; If you have a system that does not support booting from a USB device, but do have a floppy drive, you can try to boot Linux from a USB flash drive using a Grub Boot floppy disk. When using a Boot floppy with a Grub boot loader, Grub locates the USB partition and then attempts to boot loading vmlinuz and initrd.gz from the USB device.
This tutorial no longer serves its original purpose as the version of pendrivelinux it referred to is obsolete!
This tutorial assumes your using the Pendrive Linux version located HERE and your USB flash drive contains a Volume label of PDL.
USB Boot Floppy Requirements:
- Linux CD/USB or installed OS
- Floppy drive/Floppy disk
- Your Pendrive Linux USB flash drive
Using a Floppy image to USB Boot
- Insert a blank
floppy disk - Open a terminal and type
sudo su - Type
wget https://pendrivelinux.com/downloads/pdlfloppy.img.gz - Type
gzip -dc pdlfloppy.img.gz | dd of=/dev/fd0 - Reboot your PC and set your system BIOS or Boot Menu to boot from floppy
- From the floppy booted Grub Menu select a boot option:
Pendrivelinux (hd0,0) if the PC has no other ATA/USB/SCSI drives
Pendrivelinux (hd1,0) if the PC has other ATA/USB/SCSI drives
Troubleshooting Notes: If you still can't boot, try the following:
- press C at the Grub Menu
- Type
find /casper/vmlinuzand make a note of which drive is displayed - Press Esc and then Press e
- Press e again to edit the
root (hd0,0)line - Change the line to reflect the drive displayed in step 2
- Press Enter, then Enter again to boot
You should now be using your Floppy Image to USB Boot!
