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Neil Stone wrote: >> What make laptop is it? >> >> Could you get work work colleague to come along to one of the meetings? >> >> >> I have a couple of laptop size CD-ROM drives I can bring along to the >> meeting on the 12th, I was thinking if we could get one to fit it might >> boot an Ubuntu or Debian CD. >> >> Rob >> >> > > Its an advent I think... i got it working now... floppy based Debian > install... fun... brings memories back > I can't remember the last time I did a floppy install. I know how frustrating it is though when you just can't find a working blank floppy. I had a similar problem with a firmware update on an old Compaq server. What got me was that Compaq didn't have a bootable CD image on their web site. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html