You are correct, I have failed to make the distinction between booting and
running. Thank you for correcting me on this point.

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "M" <spamtrap@spambouncer.org> wrote in message
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>> 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.
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> You have got to learn the difference between booting and running!
>
> Booting from a floppy to run Knoppix is NOT THE SAME as booting from the
> Knoppix CD. Booting from a Windows 98 setup floppy and running the setup
> program on the CD IS NOT booting from the CD. In each case you "booted"
> from the floppy!
>
> If your hardware does not support booting from a CD or USB device you just
> ain't gonna do it!
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> I am so sorry that you can not accept that!
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> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
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