From: david@cantrell.org.uk   
      
   On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 03:03:14PM -0800, Alesak wrote:   
      
   > I am trying to install BeOS (downloaded from bebits.com) on my tiny old   
   > Toshiba Libretto 100CT. Since I don't have a floppy drive (nor floppy   
   > itself) ...   
      
   If you're near me (I'm in London) I can lend you a Libretto PCMCIA   
   floppy drive.  That said, I doubt it would work anyway, as the Libretto   
   uses that drive in DOS and Windows95 by having special magic in its BIOS   
   to drive it.  Any other operating system needs to have special drivers   
   to support it.  So while the BIOS might be able to pull the boot sector   
   etc off a floppy and run it, as soon as the Be code takes over I would   
   expect it to ignore the BIOS and try to talk directly to the floppy   
   controller - and fail.  At least, that's what all other OSes have done   
   to me.   
      
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