Thanks to all of you for your input. This particular system has a USB port, but I don't think it is new enough to boot from it. I'll keep working on the CDROM since that should be sufficient for what I need that setup for. marbux writes: > I am really rusty on my DOS, but you might think about building a > bootable Linux instance on CD or a USB memory stick that includes > DOSEMU. <http://www.dosemu.org/>. It comes with FreeDOS, although > other DOSs can be used. If you use a memory stick, you can read and > write to it. With a bootable CD, so long as you do not need to write > to disk, no complications. If you need to write to disk, then you'll > need to manually select a directory on writable media (e.g., the hard > or floppy drive) to write to at the time you wish to do the write. > > Here are some more links that may help: > > > Booting from USB drives > > Booting Linux off of a USB drive, <http://www.simonf.com/usb/>. > Boot KNOPPIX from an USB Memory Stick, > <http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/knoppix-usb/>. > > > Booting from CDs > > Making Bootable Linux CDs, > <http://www.geocities.com/potato.geo/bootlinuxcd.html>. > > > Booting from floppies > > The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO, <http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/> > > > SysLinux, <http://syslinux.zytor.com/>. ("The SYSLINUX Project covers > lightweight bootloaders for floppy media (SYSLINUX), network booting > (PXELINUX), and bootable "El Torito" CD-ROMs (ISOLINUX). The project > also includes MEMDISK, a tool to boot legacy operating systems (such > as DOS) from nontraditional media; it is usually used in conjunction > with PXELINUX and ISOLINUX.) > > Good luck! > > Marbux > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list