Thanks for both your replies. I would like to experiment with
http://xpe.collewijn.info/page/pe2usb.php and http://www.u3.com/ on
operating system on a flash drive soon to become available.
I can't accept that you can't use a floppy to boot the CD ROM because I have
used this method to run the Knoppix live CD on an ancient Pentium and this
is mentioned here http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwbo...rum/27638.html
I can't see much difference in principal between using a boot floppy to load
CD ROM drivers to using a boot floppy to load USB drivers. Maybe I have
misunderstood something.

"M" <spamtrap@spambouncer.org> wrote in message
news:OPog%23ie7FHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> My PC does not support booting from a USB drive and their is no BIOS
> update available for the motherboard to enable it. Before the days of CD
> booting being supported by the BIOS if was possible to use a floppy disc
> to boot the CD ROM. I would like to do the same to boot from a USB drive.
> I would like to make or download a floppy and have Googled, tried
> http://www.bootdisk.com/ without success. I will be glad of all
> suggestions.
>